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Destructive distillation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Destructive distillation is the process of pyrolysis conducted in a distillation apparatus (retort) to form the volatile products, which are collected. The process led to the discovery of many chemic...
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Yes, destructive distillation of wood was the mainstay of the chemical world, last plant shut down in Michigan in 1950. Made 2% methanol (hardwood only), acetic acid, acetone, vanilla, and over 100 other chemicals with some commercial value - if you could handle all the separations and find markets for them.
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There are two types of alcohol you can obtain from wood -- methanol and ethanol. Methanol can be obtained from wood by high temperature destructive distillation. Methanol is also known as wood alcohol.
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destructive distillation n. A process by which organic substances such as wood, coal, and oil shale are decomposed by heat in the absence of air and ... The main product of the destructive distillation of wood is 40–45% charcoal used in metallurgical processes in which the low content of ash, sulfur,
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Glossary of terms relating to freezing, part of the BBC/OU's programme website for Rough Science 2 ... Destructive distillation of wood - When wood is heated it gives off a liquid mixture of tar and pyroligneous acid. There are small quantities of methanol and acetone in the acid.
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retorting to red charcoal for gunpowder 100 units of wood yeild 26 units charcoal, 30 units pyroligneous acid and water, 7 units tar and 37 CO2/CO/CxHy/H2O gas I am not going to type it in but there was a half page about the chemical absorbing propertys of wood charcoals...even before the carefully controled properties...
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