Researchers at the University of Wyoming were looking for new ways to use coal, especially coal from Wyoming’s Powder River Basin, as demand for the coal to generate electricity declines due to ...

LARAMIE – University of Wyoming researchers have demonstrated that pulverized coal powder can be converted into higher-value nano-graphite in a microwave oven. The discovery is another step forward in ...

GILLETTE – A research team at the University of Wyoming has found a way to use a microwave to turn coal into graphite.

Using copper foil, glass containers and a conventional household microwave oven, University of Wyoming researchers have demonstrated that pulverized coal powder can be converted into higher-value nano ...

In a microwave oven, sparks are generated inside a glass vial containing coal powder and copper foil as part of an experiment by UW researchers. They successfully converted the coal powder to ...