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Then there's the scene in "The Usual Suspects" where Gabriel Byne's character declares rather forcefully the absence of cocaine on the ship they're searching. I can't repeat it here, as I'll be banned, but it's memorable.

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Thanks to All for chiming, your posts are nearly rhyming, but now I must confess, that the OP more or less, is a joke concerning Coke, but not.

For the sake of transparency, I have yet to forge with this material, but I intend to before Spring.

So the earnest question is:

Does anyone know whether Asphalt Pavement is more noxious in the forge than Bituminous Coal, both being based on Bitumen?

Guaranteed, there will be some OUTRAGEOUS  Clinker!

Thanks for your consideration,

Robert Taylor

 

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7 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said:

Asphalt is much more noxious than coal

Thanks, Thomas. More study on my end, and will look into scrubbing the exhaust.

I note that Asphalt Bitumen is derived from Petroleum, as opposed to Coal Bitumen.

I had understood that the Asphalt Bitumen was the result of driving off many of the Volatile Aromatics, as when we coke our coal. Granted, Asphalt Bitumen retains more elastic polymers (long chains) than Coal, I believe, But how many and how much harmful products do  we exhaust when forging with coal? 

Robert Taylor

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50 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said:

we are basically getting rid of the coal tars when we coke coal

And when we mix them with carbonated water, we get coke coal cola.

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2 hours ago, JHCC said:

And when we mix them with carbonated water, we get coke coal cola.

lucky for you I cant find anything in the ToS about banning you for making such terrible puns, that reaches new lows.....

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2 hours ago, ThomasPowers said:

A coke and a simile?  As you like it!

I'm all for it. In fact, I'm for being for it, which means I'm meta-for it. 

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