Write answers to the following in detail.

What are the different types of coal? What are their uses?

A. The different types of coal are peat, bituminous, anthracite and Lignite.

Peat- It is generally used as a fertilizer, as a packing material (due to its spongy nature).

Lignite- It is used in power generation (to generate electricity) and is used to create fertilizer products like anhydrous ammonia and ammonium sulphate.

Bituminous- It is mainly used for the combustion for coke, tar, coal, chemical and coke-oven gas. It is widely used for steam raising.

Anthracite- It is mostly used in metallurgical process and used in hand-fire furnaces.