Charcoal
material · 30000 BC · Stone Age
Fuel made by heating wood without air.
Principles and materials it uses
- Combustion — uses. Burning wood without air.
Where it is used
- Grill — is used in. Charcoal.
- Smelting — is used in. Before coke, metal was smelted with charcoal.
- Bloomery — is used in. The ore was reduced with charcoal.
- Blast furnace — is used in. Before coke, blast furnaces ran on charcoal.
- Gunpowder — is material for. Gunpowder is a mix of saltpetre, sulphur and charcoal.