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Swad

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-005794

A thin layer of soft, poor-quality coal, clay, or shale found at the bottom of a coal seam. This material is too impure to be commercially valuable and is separated from the main body of coal during extraction. A swad is considered waste and is often left in the mine as backfill or discarded on spoil heaps, as its high ash content makes it unsuitable for fuel.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-005794
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectMining and extraction
TranslationsGerman: Swad; Spanish: swad; French: stérile
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-005794",
  "term": "Swad",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A thin layer of soft, poor-quality coal, clay, or shale found at the bottom of a coal seam. This material is too impure to be commercially valuable and is separated from the main body of coal during extraction. A swad is considered waste and is often left in the mine as backfill or discarded on spoil heaps, as its high ash content makes it unsuitable for fuel.",
  "subject": "Mining and extraction",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Swad",
    "es": "swad",
    "fr": "stérile"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/swad/"
}

Record 6,334 of 7,361 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.