charcoal

     

Charcoal is the blackish resiue consisting of impure carbon obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents from animal and vegetation substances. Charcoal is usually produced by heating wood, sugar, bone char, or others substances in the absence of oxygen (see char). The soft, brittle, lightweight, black, porous material resembles coal and is 85% to 98% carbon with the remainder consisting of volatile chemicals and ash.

Trivia about charcoal

  • To keep your refrigerator smelling clean, use baking soda or this barbecue fuel
  • Sticks of this used by artists for sketching are often made from willow wood
  • You can draw with it, or use it as fuel in your barbeque
  • With fire, wood is turned into this material for artists' drawing sticks
  • It's the form of carbon your dad probably uses when he fires up the barbecue
  • Produced by the destructive distillation of wood, it helps artists draw the line
  • Carbonaceous drawing stick(8)
  • Art Kleinman's "Attitude" is done with oil paint, wax, & this type of drawing stick made from partially burned wood

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