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  • Coke is almost pure carbon. It is produced by heating coal in an anoxic environment, so that the [[volatiles]] boil off. The process i ...n reducing agent in a [[blast furnace]] for iron/steel production. Uncoked coal can not be used in that specific process, in part because of the high level
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  • * Some [[graphite]] formations formed from [[coal]], though this is unlikely to have happened on Mars. (Igneous and meteoric
    1 KB (158 words) - 11:19, 17 December 2018
  • ...s was used in Germany during the Second World War to produce gasoline from coal.
    4 KB (574 words) - 06:26, 2 June 2021
  • ...ith lots of nutrients. As far as usage for Mars is concerned, the lack of coal on Mars would make its preparation difficult. However, the settlement migh
    1 KB (178 words) - 09:55, 28 May 2019
  • ...eous rock|igneous]] and [[metamorphic rock]], sometimes as metamorphosed [[coal]]. It can also be found in [[limestone]]. Some [[meteorites]] contain graph
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  • ...The process is essentially the same as that used to produce [[coke]] from coal.
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  • ...omplete fission; as much energy as 1.5 million kilograms (1,500 tonnes) of coal. Breeder reactors can convert <sup>238</sup>U into Plutonium, than can in
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  • ...have been found on Mars, i.e. no amber, limestone, coral, petrochemicals, coal, marble, stromatolites, etc.
    4 KB (643 words) - 10:47, 2 May 2024
  • ...ron ore, to produce raw iron. Carbon is often used on Earth, sourced from coal. On Mars, the carbon would need to be extracted from the atmospheric CO2.
    5 KB (733 words) - 07:56, 2 May 2024
  • ...course carbon itself would need to be produced on Mars, which has no handy coal reserves as a carbon source. Methane (CH<sub>4</sub>) might be a practical
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  • * [[Coal]]
    6 KB (857 words) - 13:53, 17 December 2018
  • ...ins the potential nuclear energy equivalent to 50 times the rock's mass in coal.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080811001036/http://www.energybulletin.n "Thorium: Energy Cheaper than Coal", By Robert Hargraves, ISBN: 9-781478-161295
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  • "Thorium: Energy Cheaper than Coal", by Robert Hargraves, ISBN 9-781478-161295.
    12 KB (1,933 words) - 12:08, 29 November 2022
  • ...s supporting it. The needed economy on Mars could not be based on burning coal like the Earthly example but would be similar in the characteristic of self
    14 KB (2,256 words) - 12:05, 8 January 2013
  • ...e is no oxygen atmosphere in which to burn things like coal, and likely no coal. An ambitious goal of expanding a Mars colony requires some plan for a sou ...te yet. I have seen my own bills for electricity from a utility that uses coal, gas, and nuclear generation of electricity. They come with a flyer that s
    46 KB (7,794 words) - 12:43, 16 March 2013
  • "Thorium: Energy Cheaper Than Coal" by Robert Hargraves, ISBN: 9-781478-161295. Highly recommended.
    15 KB (2,551 words) - 16:32, 3 November 2022
  • ...lood channel called the Coal Mine Wash. We will then attempt to follow the Coal Mine Wash west to break through the Skyline Rim to reach the huge area of C ...also rich in obstacles which would make the remaining 2 kilometers to the Coal Mine Wash path to Factory Butte slow going. As it was already 3:30 PM when
    127 KB (20,888 words) - 21:33, 4 October 2019
  • ...to journey over 15 km Northwest to an unexplored area shown on the map as "Coal Mine Wash." I hadn't been outside in two days, so I was ready. My comrades ...s on all sides, we really began to feel like we were exploring. We reached Coal Mine Wash - after some serious GPS work, where we performed another EM soun
    173 KB (29,116 words) - 08:06, 29 October 2019
  • ...out helmet after using the safety belt. Backpacks were kept all the way to Coal mine and Skyline Rim where some pedestrian EVAs were performed. Radio conta === PEV Overnight Expedition to Coal Mine Wash and Skyline Rim ===
    287 KB (46,756 words) - 18:19, 19 December 2019
  • ...t there is no trail up the Skyline Ridge. Today we headed west through the Coal Mine Wash. The going was slow as we came to many dead ends in the dune like ...actory Butte. We also found a route to the Muddy River where it enters the Coal Mine Wash. We have recorded all these routes with GPS and located them on t
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