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===About Coal===
 
===About Coal===
 
: [[Coal]] is a [[Non-renewable Energy Resources|non-renewable energy resource]].
 
: [[Coal]] is a [[Non-renewable Energy Resources|non-renewable energy resource]].
: [[Coal]] has [[energy]] in its [[Chemical Potential Energy Store|chemical potential energy store]] which can be transferred into a [[Thermal Energy Store|thermal energy store]] by [[combustion]].
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: [[Coal]] has [[energy]] in its [[Chemical Potential Energy Store|chemical potential energy store]] which can be [[Energy Transfer|transferred]] into a [[Thermal Energy Store|thermal energy store]] by [[combustion]].
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: [[Coal]] [[product|produces]] [[Carbon Dioxide]] during [[combustion]] which [[scientist]]s have shown contributes to [[Global Warming]].
  
===Power===
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===References===
: [[Coal]] can be used to provide [[power]] directly buy burning it in homes, steam engines and furnaces or it can provide power by generating electricity.
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====AQA====
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|[[File:CoalPowerStationDiagram2.png|center|600px]]
 
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A [[diagram]] of a [[coal]] [[power station]].
 
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: 1. Coal is burned in a furnace.
 
: 2. Water is heated in a boiler by the burning coal.
 
: 3. Water turns to steam and passes down pipes to turn a turbine.
 
: 4. The turbine causes a generator to spin.
 
: 5. The generator makes an electrical current.
 
  
====Advantages====
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:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359381/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359381&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=47c8d1ae58d8b3a5e2094cd447154558 ''Coal, formation, page 196, GCSE Chemistry; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA '']
*Can work continuously.
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:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0008158770/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0008158770&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ec31595e720e1529e49876c3866fff6e ''Coal, pages 13, 34, 37, GCSE Physics; Student Book, Collins, AQA '']
*Few power stations needed to supply a large number of houses.
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:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0008158762/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0008158762&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=a0fffa35b3ea49a63404f6704e0df7cc ''Coal, pages 137, 166, 226, 234, GCSE Chemistry; Student Book, Collins, AQA '']
 
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:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945598/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945598&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ad276ad49df77ab4b40ab4fd0fe09787 ''Coal, pages 175, 178, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA '']
====Disadvantages====
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:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/178294558X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=178294558X&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=f0dfb66dafcb0c6e9449e7b1a4ae1ac53 ''Coal, pages 18, 21, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA '']
*Cost of fuel.
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:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782946403/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782946403&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=32a0abb60dff015b15b50e9b1d7b4644 ''Coal, pages 45, 46, 54, 56, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Physics, CGP, AQA '']
*Produce Carbon Dioxide contributing to global warming.
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:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945970/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945970&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=a120d24dcc7cc7a58192069a3aafc1d2 ''Coal, pages 47, 48, 56, 58, GCSE Physics; The Complete 9-1 Course for AQA, CGP, AQA '']
*Other pollutants produced which can harm health or produce acid rain.
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:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0008158762/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0008158762&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=a0fffa35b3ea49a63404f6704e0df7cc ''Coal; formation, page 300, GCSE Chemistry; Student Book, Collins, AQA '']
*Coal will run out.
 

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