Burning of Coal Is Responsible for Roughly a Third of the Toxic

question 58

True/False

Burning of coal is responsible for roughly a third of the toxic mercury emitted into the atmosphere.

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Definitions:

Rock-forming Minerals

Minerals that make up a significant part of the Earth’s crust, playing a key role in the formation of rocks.

Argonites

A misspelling or incorrect term for aragonite, which is a carbonate mineral, one of the two most common, naturally occurring, crystal forms of calcium carbonate, CaCO3 (the other being calcite).

Carbonates

Rocks or minerals that contain abundant carbonate.

Element C

Element C refers to Carbon, a chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6, essential to all known living systems and widely used in various scientific, industrial, and technological applications.