Name the products(s) formed on heating sugar strongly in the absence of air.
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Solution
Sugar charcoal is the purest form of amorphous carbon. It is prepared by the destructive distillation of sugar, i.e., by heating sugar strongly in a closed container in the absence of air. On heating strongly, water is lost and sugar charcoal is left behind.
Sugar charcoal is used to extract metals from their metallic oxides.