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Weak currents can be stimulated from coal and rock materials under a load. To investigate the response characteristics of weak current to coal failure and mine seismicity, both laboratory experiments and field tests on weak current measurement of stressed coals were conducted. The response characteristics of weak current was analyzed, the quantitative relationship between weak current and mechanical behaviors was studied and the precursors of coal failure and mine seismicity based on weak current response were investigated. The results of laboratory experiments show that the weak current increases linearly with stress and strain in the elastic deformation stage and shows an accelerated increasing trend after entering the elastic deformation stage, reaching its peak value when the final failure occurs. A fracture is accompanied by a suddenly increased current (SIC), of which the intensity is proportional to the …