Give two uses for each of the following :
(a) coal
(b) coke
(c) wood charcoal
(d) sugar charcoal
(e) bone charcoal
(f) lamp black
Give two uses for each of the following :
(a) coal
(b) coke
(c) wood charcoal
(d) sugar charcoal
(e) bone charcoal
(f) lamp black
(a) Uses of coal
It is used as both a domestic and an industrial fuel.
It is used to prepare coke, coal gas and coal tar.
(b) Uses of coke
Coke is used as a smokeless fuel, in smelting furnaces.
It is used in the manufacturing of water and producer gas.
(c) Uses of wood charcoal:
Wood charcoal is used as a fuel.
It is an important constituent of gunpowder.
(d) Uses of sugar charcoal:
Sugar charcoal is mostly used as a reducing agent.
It is used to decolourise coloured solutions.
(e) Bone charcoal:
It is extensively used to decolourise cane-sugar in the process of manufacturing sugar.
It is also used in the manufacture of a large number of phosphorous compounds.
(f) Uses of lampblack:
It is used in making black shoe polish.
It is used in the manufacture of tyres and gunpowder.
(a) Uses of coal
It is used as both a domestic and an industrial fuel.
It is used to prepare coke, coal gas and coal tar.
(b) Uses of coke
Coke is used as a smokeless fuel, in smelting furnaces.
It is used in the manufacturing of water and producer gas.
(c) Uses of wood charcoal:
Wood charcoal is used as a fuel.
It is an important constituent of gunpowder.
(d) Uses of sugar charcoal:
Sugar charcoal is mostly used as a reducing agent.
It is used to decolourise coloured solutions.
(e) Bone charcoal:
It is extensively used to decolourise cane-sugar in the process of manufacturing sugar.
It is also used in the manufacture of a large number of phosphorous compounds.
(f) Uses of lampblack:
It is used in making black shoe polish.
It is used in the manufacture of tyres and gunpowder.
