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No. Sublimation is a physical phase change in which a solid vaporizes without going through a liquid change. Sublimation does not involve a chemical change. Iodine sublimes, passing directly from solid to gas. Clearly, this is not what happens when wood burns.

When wood burns, the first thing that happens is that the wood undergoes pyrolysis, which is decomposition resulting from heat, or destructive distillation. The wood decomposes into a number of gasses, including carbon monoxide, methanol, and a large number of other carbon based chemicals. These combine with air and oxidize, producing mostly carbon dioxide and water.

After the initial pyrolysis, charcoal remains. This burns with air, producing carbon dioxide and ash.

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