Question

Name the purest form of amorphous carbon.

Answer 1

Sugar Charcoal:

(1)Sugar charcoal is the purest form of amorphous carbon.

(2)Sugar charcoal is prepared by heating cane sugar or glucose in the absence of air.

$\mathrm{cane}\mathrm{sugar}\stackrel{\mathrm{heat}}{\to }\mathrm{sugar}\mathrm{charcoal}+\mathrm{water}$