Question

How is wood converted into charcoal? Why Charcoal is preferred over wood?

(Tb answer pls; cbse grade 10)

Answer 1

Explanation:

Wood us made of fibre and minerals. When wood is burned, oxygen and other elements in the air react to form carbon dioxide that is released into the atmosphere, while the minerals turn into ashes....Thus the carbon is left to turn into charcoal. Charcoal is better fuel than wood because: when the same amount of charcoal and wood are burnt , charcoal produces almost twisted the heat produce by the wood . Charcoal produces much less smoke than wood . Charcoal is a compact fuel that us more convenient to handle than wood.

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