British Coal Utilisation Research Association
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British Coal Utilisation Research Association (BCURA) was founded in 1938, with the first chairman being John G. Bennett
. It is a non-profit association of industrial companies, registered as a charity. According to its website "The aim of BCURA is to promote research and other activities concerned with the production, distribution, and use of coal and its derivatives". The member companies provide funds for BCURA to make grants to academic institutions to support research projects. The members are the UK power supply companies, coal producers, some large industrial users of coal and equipment manufacturers.
to anthracite, which are used as reference standards in research.
BUCURA Coal Bank
lectured on rare elements in coal ash during WWII.
Rosalind Franklin
worked on porosity of coal during WWII.
The family of John G. Bennett
have a web site that contains information about him and BCURA http://www.jgbennett.net/time.html
Marcello Pirani
was scientific consultant during 1941--1947, concerned with carbonaceous materials resistant to high temperatures.
Peter H. Given, Head of Organic Chemistry, went on to Pennsylvania State University, achieving distinction in U.S. http://www.eme.psu.edu/lecture_series.html
BCURA activities were subject of a review published in Nature Volume 153 Number 3873 p 104 (22 January 1944).
John G. Bennett
John Godolphin Bennett, was a British mathematician, scientist, technologist, industrial research director, and author. He is perhaps best known for his many books on psychology and spirituality, and particularly the teachings of G.I. Gurdjieff...
. It is a non-profit association of industrial companies, registered as a charity. According to its website "The aim of BCURA is to promote research and other activities concerned with the production, distribution, and use of coal and its derivatives". The member companies provide funds for BCURA to make grants to academic institutions to support research projects. The members are the UK power supply companies, coal producers, some large industrial users of coal and equipment manufacturers.
Coal Bank
The BCURA maintains a collection of 36 UK Coals, ranging from ligniteLignite
Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, or Rosebud coal by Northern Pacific Railroad,is a soft brown fuel with characteristics that put it somewhere between coal and peat...
to anthracite, which are used as reference standards in research.
BUCURA Coal Bank
People
Victor GoldschmidtVictor Goldschmidt
Victor Moritz Goldschmidt was a mineralogist considered to be the founder of modern geochemistry and crystal chemistry, developer of the Goldschmidt Classification of elements.-Early life & career:Goldschmidt was born in Zürich...
lectured on rare elements in coal ash during WWII.
Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Elsie Franklin was a British biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer who made critical contributions to the understanding of the fine molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal and graphite...
worked on porosity of coal during WWII.
The family of John G. Bennett
John G. Bennett
John Godolphin Bennett, was a British mathematician, scientist, technologist, industrial research director, and author. He is perhaps best known for his many books on psychology and spirituality, and particularly the teachings of G.I. Gurdjieff...
have a web site that contains information about him and BCURA http://www.jgbennett.net/time.html
Marcello Pirani
Marcello Pirani
Marcello Stefano Pirani was a German physicist known for his invention of the Pirani vacuum gauge, a vacuum gauge based on the principle of heat loss measurement...
was scientific consultant during 1941--1947, concerned with carbonaceous materials resistant to high temperatures.
Peter H. Given, Head of Organic Chemistry, went on to Pennsylvania State University, achieving distinction in U.S. http://www.eme.psu.edu/lecture_series.html
BCURA activities were subject of a review published in Nature Volume 153 Number 3873 p 104 (22 January 1944).