Question

Define destructive distillation.

Answer 1

• Heating a substance in absence of air due to which the bigger molecules are broken down or cracked down into smaller ones is known as destructive distillation.
• For preparing wood charcoal, wood is heated in the absence of air, which leads to the formation of Wood charcoal.
• Charcoals like wood charcoal, bone charcoal, etc are prepared by using this process.