A traditional term for a
char obtained from wood, peat, coal or some related natural organic materials.
Note:
Charcoal has highly reactive inner surfaces and a low sulfur content. It has or has
had, therefore, a variety of uses, e.g. in ferrous metallurgy and for gunpowder (minor
uses: medical purposes and paint materials).
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 473
(Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations
1995))
on page 484
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
