15 Coal tar : a byproduct in cokemaking and an essential raw ...
Among the PAHs in coal tar, those belonging to the naphthalene series C n H 2n12 and the anthracene and phenanthrene series C n H 2n18 are predominant, which render coal tar more important than a mere byproduct of cokemaking. For example, coal tar has been acknowledged as a valuable source of aromatic compounds through distillation ...