Explain distillation of coal
WEBThe nature of the products of the destructive distillation of bituminous coal, in absence of air, depends largely upon the temperature at which the process is carried out. When such coal is heated to 450°500° C. it yields gas and oily vapours consisting chiefly of paraffin hydrocarbons. Between 700° and 800° C. the residue evolves more gas ...