Name the allotropic form of carbon which decolourises sugar.

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(1) Wood charcoal is black,porous and brittle solid.
(2) Wood charcoal is prepared by destructive distillation of wood.
(3) Wood charcoal is an amorphous allotrope of carbon which decolourises sugar because it adsorbs organic colouring matter and is used as a decolourising agent.

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Name the allotropic form of carbon which decolourises sugar.

(1) Wood charcoal is black,porous and brittle solid.(2) Wood charcoal is prepared by destructive distillation of wood.(3) Wood charcoal is an amorphous allotrope of carbon which decolourises sugar because it adsorbs organic colouring matter and is used as a decolourising agent.

(1) Wood charcoal is black,porous and brittle solid.
(2) Wood charcoal is prepared by destructive distillation of wood.
(3) Wood charcoal is an amorphous allotrope of carbon which decolourises sugar because it adsorbs organic colouring matter and is used as a decolourising agent.