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pure carbon. the entry of air during the carbonization process is controlled so that the organic material does not turn to ash, as in a conventional fire, but decomposes to form charcoal. the most common variety of charcoal, wood charcoal, was formerly prepared by piling wood into stacks, covering it with
vapors into the air, some of the carbon is consumed as fuel, and the rest of the carbon is converted into charcoal. in the modern method, wood is raised to a high temperature in an iron retort, and industrially important byproducts, e.g., methanol (wood alcohol or wood spirit), acetone , pyroligneous acid...
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