GK
GENERAL SCIENCE
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Question
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Of the various forms of carbon, which one is used for absorption purpose?
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Wood Charcoal
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Diamond
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Graphite
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Coke
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Charcoal is normally obtained from the burning of wood, peat, bones, cellulose, or other carbonaceous substances with little or insufficient air. It is an amorphous carbon in the form of highly porous microcrystalline graphite.
Detailed explanation-2: -Charcoal exists in many different forms. It exists in the impure form as the microcrystalline graphitic form. The charcoal structure shows it consists of an aromatic structure or carbon (carbon ring with alternate double and single bond). This aromatic structure of charcoal consists of oxygen and carbon-free radicals.
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