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Burning wood does not involve sublimation. Sublimation changes a solid to a gas without altering it chemically.

Wood burning does involve destructive distillation. The wood is chemically destroyed, and parts of it go off as gasses, which then combust.

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Is burning woo sublimation?

Burning is a chemical reaction between a substance and oxygen. Sublimation is a type of physical state change produced by changes in temperature and/or pressure; it is not a chemical reaction. Sublimation is not the same as combustion.


What is the process called of wood turn in to ash?

Sublimation


When wood burns is that sublimation?

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. There are links below to articles on sublimation and pyrolysis.


What does not undergo sublimation snow iodine wood or dry ice?

Wood does not undergo sublimation. Sublimation is the process in which a substance transitions directly from a solid to a gas without passing through the liquid phase. Snow, iodine, and dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) can undergo sublimation under specific conditions. However, wood undergoes a different process called pyrolysis when heated, where it decomposes into volatile gases and charcoal rather than sublimating.


Burning wood a physical or chemical?

Burning wood is a chemical reaction because combustion (burning) is an oxidation reaction.


Industrial burning wood manufacture plant?

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Do you remove the grate to burn wood in wood burning stove?

No. You need the grate in for air circulation around the burning wood.


Does burning wood produce carbon monoxide?

Yes, burning wood can produce carbon monoxide.


Why burning wood smell like burning hair?

When wood burns, it produces compounds that are also found in burning hair, such as benzene and toluene. These compounds are released during the combustion process and contribute to the similar smell of burning wood and burning hair.


Is burning wood preferable to burning coal for electricity?

NO


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What is a kind if change for burning of wood?

Burning is a chemical change.