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Animal charcoal is obtained by

Animal charcoal is obtained by-
Athe destructive distillation of bones
Bburning the bones of animals in contact with air
Cburning the flesh of animals
Dburning the bones of animals out of contact with air

Answer is : the destructive distillation of bones

Animal charcoal is produced from bones, horn, blood, etc. Bone-black, or bone-charcoal, is obtained by the destructive distillation of bones in iron retorts, the distillate constituting bone- oil or Dippel's oil. Bone-black contains about 80 per cent, of calcium phosphate, a little calcium carbonate, some combined nitrogen, and only about 10 per cent, of carbon.

Akilesh Kharvi
answered Nov 13 '2016 at 19:34

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