Question

Explain the preparation of wood charcoal, with help of a neat labelled diagram.

Answer 1

Charcoal is mostly pure carbon, called char, made by cooking woodin a low oxygen environment, a process that can take days and burns off volatile compounds such as water, methane, hydrogen, and tar.

Answer 2

Charcoal is made from wood by the process of slow pyrolysis.

In this process, the wood is heated in the absence of oxygen and the product derived is wood charcoal.

The main advantage of using wood charcoal instead of wood is the removal of water from wood during the process of pyrolysis.