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list any two advantages of burning charcoal over burning wood?

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Two advantages of burning charcoal over burning wood are
1. The energy produced by the burning charcoal is much higher than the burning of wood i.e burning of 1 kg of wood produce around 18 Mega joules of energy whereas same amount of 1 kg of charcoal produce 29 Mega joules
2. The charcoal do not produce smoke during burning whereas wood produces a lot of smoke harmful for human health.

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