coke
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7.2
- noun
- /koʊk/
- Specialized
:
coque
- In effect, Ford took iron ore, coke, silicon, and other raw materials and turned them into cars.
- coal for coke
- coke oven
- coke production
We did the same thing when it came to uncovered piles of petroleum coke on the Detroit riverfront.
- We did the same thing when it came to uncovered piles of petroleum coke on the Detroit riverfront.
- Or am I just trying to show that the coke ovens are impacting the air quality locally?
Examples
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Another most important use of coke was the manufacture of calcium carbide.
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"We got a good deal on petroleum coke," he said.
Academic text (2002) -
Excuse me, coke is to coal what charcoal is to wood.
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Unit 1 is burning 70 percent petroleum coke and 30 percent coal.
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Some of the coke fuels the site's utilities plant, while the remainder is stockpiled for future use.
Academic text (1998) -
The carbon forms coke granules that go into a burner chamber.
Academic text (1998) -
The heated bitumen is sent to coke drums, which separate the bitumen into coke and hydrocarbon gases.
Academic text (1998) -
For both sewage sludge and loaded coke, conversion efficiency and syngas yield were adequate.
Academic text (2000) -
Engineers from Babcock & Wilcox in Cambridge, Ontario, are modifying the Foster Wheeler coke-fired boilers.
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The steel industry relies heavily on coke as a crucial fuel for smelting iron ore.
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word coke for the hard, industrial fuel comes from old ideas of coal being 'cooked' or heated until the soft parts are gone, so you can think of it as coal that has been 'cooked' into a strong, pure fuel.