2. Noun. The manufacture of coke via the destructive distillation of coal ¹
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Definition of Coking
1. coke [v] - See also: coke
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coking
Literary usage of Coking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"order to secure uniformity in the coking of the coal, this pile must be levelled
... The coking Process begins very soon after the levelling is completed, ..."
2. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1920)
"Testing of Coals for Byproduct coking and Gas Manufacture BY HORACE C. ...
We need, however, a finer distinction as between various grades of coking coals ..."
3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1907)
"The term cement, or binder, is often applied to the substance or substances in
coal on which the coking property seems to depend. The composition and nature ..."
4. Coke: A Treatise on the Manufacture of Coke and Other Prepared Fuels and the by John Fulton (1905)
"Fusibility and coking Properties.—The following extract on the fusibility and
coking property of coals is taken from the American Manufacturer—the author's ..."
5. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"The Ayrshire coals are chiefly non-coking, and are excellent as • producer ...
The best coking coals are found near Zabrze eastwards, from which they ..."
6. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1856)
"Near the top of the shaft there is an iron pipe f, of from 8 to 10 inches in
diameter, which allows the incoercible vapors generated in the coking to escape ..."
7. Metallurgy: The Art of Extracting Metals from Their Ores by John Percy (1875)
"coking is conducted in the open air in piles or stacks; in kilns open at the top;
... coking is also conducted in retorts heated externally, ..."
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