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Properties of Oil shale and Essexite 


Properties of Essexite  and Oil shale


Properties

Physical Properties
  
  

Hardness
2-3  
7  

Grain Size
Very fine-grained  
Fine Grained  

Fracture
-  
Conchoidal  

Streak
White  
Black  

Porosity
Highly Porous  
Highly Porous  

Luster
Dull  
-  

Compressive Strength
-  
120.00 N/mm2  
26

Cleavage
Slaty  
-  

Toughness
2.6  
1.6  

Specific Gravity
2.2-2.8  
-9999  

Transparency
Opaque  
Opaque  

Density
2.4-2.8 g/cm3  
-9999 g/cm3  

Thermal Properties
  
  

Specific Heat Capacity
0.39 kJ/Kg K  
30
0.79 kJ/Kg K  
17

Resistance
Heat Resistant, Impact Resistant  
Impact Resistant, Pressure Resistant, Wear Resistant  

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Oil shale vs Essexite  Properties

Properties of Oil shale and Essexite  play an important role in determining the type of rock. Along with Oil shale vs Essexite  properties, get to know more about Oil shale Definition and Essexite  Definition. For the ease of understanding, the properties of rocks are divided into physical and thermal properties. Rocks have a variety of properties like hardness, color, specific gravity, fracture, cleavage, luster etc. Know all about physical and thermal properties of Oil shale and Essexite .

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