Fuels and Combustion
Low temperature oxidation of stored coal results in the

Increase in its oxygen content
All of these
Decrease in its caking power & calorific value
Decrease in its carbon & hydrogen content

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Fuels and Combustion
A coal with high ash content is undesirable, as

The ash in molten condition gets absorbed in the pores of the refractory lining of the furnace and causes its spalling due to different co-efficient of expansion/contraction of the refractory and the
All of these
The ash retains the sulphur & phosphorus and thus affects the quality of products in metallurgical furnace apart from increasing the slag volume. Besides, it may fuse and stick to the boiler tubes
It is abrasive to the coal pulveriser (ie.g. ball mill) and the combustion chamber

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