Face drill

An exercise involving a credible simulated emergency that requires personnel to perform emergency response operations for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of the ...

drill

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A strong denim-like material with a diagonal 2 x 1 weave running toward the left selvage. Drill is often called khaki when it is dyed that color.

drill

Oil & gas; Drilling

A hand tool, power tool, or machine with a rotating cutting tip or reciprocating hammer or chisel, used for making holes.

drill

Mining; Coal

A machine that uses a rotating tool or bit to cut through or create holes in surfaces.

lignite

Energy; Coal

Lignite is a soft brown type of coal, with characteristics that places it somewhere between hard coal and peat. Lignite has a lower energy content and different characteristics ...

zechstein

Energy; Coal

Formations containing salt that were laid down in the second part of the Permian Period, the salt has risen up under or through the overlying formations in many places, producing ...

coal measures

Energy; Coal

The various strata which contain seams of coal.

Tavan Tolgoi

Energy; Coal

Situated at South Gobi desert in Mongolia, Tavan Tolgoi is the world's largest untapped coking coal reserve with an estimated deposit of 6 billion metric tons of steelmaking coal. ...

ethanol 95 (E95)

Energy (non-renewable); Coal; Natural gas; Petrol

A fuel containing a mixture of 95 percent ethanol and 5 percent gasoline

acid deposition

Energy; Coal

Refers to both wet deposition and dry deposition. Both occur as a result of ammonium, carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur mixing with water molecules to create a higher acidity than the ...

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