Wood charcoal is used to decolourise sugar because it
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Adsorbs coloured material

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Absorbs decolorised material

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Reduces coloured material

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None of these

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The correct option is A Adsorbs coloured material
Wood charcoal has a large surface area to mass ratio because of the pores on it's surface. This makes it a good adsorbent. One of the last steps of sugar refining is the removal of colour which is done using bone char or wood charcoal.

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