Question

Differentiate between wood charcoal and animal charcoal.

Answer 1

Wood charcoal	Animal charcoal
1. Wood charcoal is formed when wood is subjected to strong heat under absence of air via destructive distillation process.	1. Animal charcoal is also known as bone charcoal as it can be prepared from destructive distillation of animal bones.
2. Wood charcoal is mainly composed of carbon (80 %) , hence considered as pure carbon.	2. Animal charcoal is rich in phosphorous content rather than carbon and is used in manufacture of phosphorous compounds.