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A product made from coal that is used to build fires in furnaces and for making aluminum and steel.
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See Coke (Petroleum).
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Solid carbon or coke retained as a residue in tar stills after high-temperature distillation.
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A carbonization product of high-boiling hydrocarbon fractions obtained in petroleum processing (heavy residues).
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A residue that is the final product of the condensation process in cracking.
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Petroleum coke (often abbreviated pet coke) is a carbonaceous solid derived from oil refinery coker units or other cracking processes. Other coke has traditionally been derived from coal.
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