The process of burning wood in limited supply of oxygen to obtain charcoal as a resultant product is called:

Destructive distillation

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Simple distillation

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Fractional distillation

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Azeotropic distillation

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Solution

The correct option is C Destructive distillation
The process in which a solid material (usually coal or wood) is heated at high temperature out of contact with air to make coke, coal tar, or charcoal. It is called 'destructive' because the chemical composition of the end product is distinctly different from that of the input material.

Hence, option A is correct.

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