Differentiate between charcoal and gas carbon.

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Charcoal Gas carbon
1. Charcoal is formed when organic substances like wood, bone and sugar are subjected to high temperatures under absence of air via destructive distillation. 1. Gas carbon is prepared by destructive distillation of coal or by heating hydrocarbons in a closed container under high temperature.
2. . It is a black and soft solid. 2. It is greyish in color.
3. Charcoal is considered to be a bad conductor of heat and electricity. 3. It is a good conductor of heat and electricity.
4. It is highly porous having good adsorbing property. It is thus used as a decolorizing agent and in purification of water. 4. It is used in manufacture of electrodes and as arc carbon rod in arc lamps because of it's conducting property.

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Charcoal	Gas carbon
1. Charcoal is formed when organic substances like wood, bone and sugar are subjected to high temperatures under absence of air via destructive distillation.	1. Gas carbon is prepared by destructive distillation of coal or by heating hydrocarbons in a closed container under high temperature.
2. . It is a black and soft solid.	2. It is greyish in color.
3. Charcoal is considered to be a bad conductor of heat and electricity.	3. It is a good conductor of heat and electricity.
4. It is highly porous having good adsorbing property. It is thus used as a decolorizing agent and in purification of water.	4. It is used in manufacture of electrodes and as arc carbon rod in arc lamps because of it's conducting property.