Give two uses for each of the following:(a) coal(b) coke(c) wood charc

1.	Give two uses for each of the following:(a) coal(b) coke(c) wood charcoal(d) sugar charcoal(e) bone charcoal(f) lampblack
Answer» (a) Uses of coal • It is used as both a domestic and an industrial fuel. • It is used to prepare coke, coal gas and coal tar. (b) Uses of coke • Coke is used as a smokeless fuel, in smelting furnaces. • It is used in the manufacturing of water and producer gas. (c) Uses of wood charcoal: • Wood charcoal is used as a fuel. • It is an important constituent of gunpowder. (d) Sugar charcoal: • Sugar charcoal is mostly used as a reducing agent. • It is used to decolorize colored solutions. (e) Bone charcoal: • It is extensively used to decolorize cane-sugar in the process of manufacturing sugar. • It is also used in the manufacture of a large number of phosphorous compounds. (f) Uses of lampblack: • It is used in making black shoe polish. • It is used in the manufacture of tires and gunpowder.

Give two uses for each of the following:(a) coal(b) coke(c) wood charcoal(d) sugar charcoal(e) bone charcoal(f) lampblack

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(a) Uses of coal

• It is used as both a domestic and an industrial fuel.

• It is used to prepare coke, coal gas and coal tar.

(b) Uses of coke

• Coke is used as a smokeless fuel, in smelting furnaces.

• It is used in the manufacturing of water and producer gas.

(c) Uses of wood charcoal:

• Wood charcoal is used as a fuel.

• It is an important constituent of gunpowder.

(d) Sugar charcoal:

• Sugar charcoal is mostly used as a reducing agent.

• It is used to decolorize colored solutions.

(e) Bone charcoal:

• It is extensively used to decolorize cane-sugar in the process of manufacturing sugar.

• It is also used in the manufacture of a large number of phosphorous compounds.

(f) Uses of lampblack:

• It is used in making black shoe polish.

• It is used in the manufacture of tires and gunpowder.