RE: [VFB] Off Subject- Chemistry

[iain short]

you get charcoal

For anyone who knows about chemistry or knows a chemist

        We had a discussion today in chemistry and I can get bonus points if

someone would explain to me what will happen if wood is heated in a vacuum

without oxygen.  For those of us who do our best to forget everything about

chemistry, everything has a melting point but wood combines with oxygen and

decomposes ( burns ) before melting point is reached.  I was wondering if it is

actually possible to melt wood.

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