CHARCOAL

Charcoal

Charcoal is a light black residue consisting of carbon, and any remaining ash, obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents from animal and vegetation substances. Charcoal is usually produced by slow pyrolysis, the heating of wood or other substances in the absence of oxygen . It is usually an impure form of carbon as it contains ash; however, sugar charcoal is among the purest forms of carbon readily available, particularly if it is not made by heating but by a dehydration reaction with sulfuric acid to minimise introducing new impurities, as impurities can be removed from the sugar in advance. The resulting soft, brittle, ...

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charcoal

Noun

  1. Impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is to say, heating it in the absence of oxygen.
  2. A stick of black carbon material used for drawing.
  3. A drawing made with charcoal.
  4. A very dark gray colour.

Verb

  1. To draw with charcoal.
  2. To cook over charcoal.

Adjective

  1. Of a dark gray colour.
  2. Made of charcoal.


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