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Also known as coal ash

residue of coal combustion

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Subclass of
mixture
Part of
smoke
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has effect
stroke
Commons category
Fly ash
subject has role
pollutant
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Encyclopedic overview

Coal combustion products (CCPs), also called coal combustion wastes (CCWs) or coal combustion residuals (CCRs), are by-products of burning coal. They are categorized in four groups, each based on physical and chemical forms derived from coal combustion methods and emission controls:

Diagram of the disposition of coal combustion wastes

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “fly ash” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.