"Chemistry" - Chapter 1- "Coal and Petroleum"

Two types of resources?

renewable and nonrenewable

Define Renewable resources

Resources that can be renewed and are unlimited

Define non renewable resources

Resources that cannot be renewed once they get exhausted

How is charcoal made?

by heating wood at high temperature under low oxygen conditions for a long time

What's Carbonisation?

The slow process of conversion of dead vegetation into coal

Three forms of coal?

Coke, Coal tar and Coal gas

Where's Petroleum refined?

Petroleum refinery

How is Natural gas stored?

Under high pressure as CNG

In India name some natural gas reserves?

Tripura, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and the Krishna Godavari delta

Which association in India saves petroleum?

Petroleum Conversation Research Organization (PCRA)

Write the steps of Carbonisation

Peat

Lignite

Bituminous

Anthracite

Define Coke

Used in manufacturing of steel, it's tough, porous and black

Define Coal tar

A black and think liquid with an unpleasant smell

Coal gas

Obtained during the processing of Coal to get Coke, it's used in many industries as fuel