I. Is white charcoal charcoal?
Charcoal is a general term for charcoal products, usually including white carbon, black charcoal, activated carbon, and mechanism charcoal. White charcoal also belongs to charcoal A kind of white charcoal has appeared in our country as early as before the Qin and Han dynasties. At that time, white charcoal was not used as a barbecue fuel, but was used to smelt iron weapons, and it was a fuel that could melt steel.
Second, what is the difference between white charcoal and ordinary charcoal
White charcoal is also called white charcoal, which is a charcoal product, but compared with ordinary charcoal, white charcoal There are certain differences:
1. Different carbonization temperatures
White charcoal belongs to high-temperature charcoal. The carbonization temperature is as high as 2000℃.
2. Different combustion temperature
The temperature of white charcoal can reach about 1000℃ when burning, which is much higher than 500℃ of ordinary charcoal.
3. Different combustion effects
The white charcoal refined at high temperature has a smokeless and flame-free combustion effect, while ordinary charcoal dripping oil will catch fire.
4. Different sources of raw materials
Ordinary charcoal can be made from any wood raw material, and machine-made charcoal can even use agricultural and forestry waste; white charcoal needs to use hard wood.
5. Different market prices
The price of white charcoal is much more expensive than that of ordinary charcoal. The price of white carbon is about 2-10 yuan per pound, and the expensive ones are even more than ten yuan per pound.
3. What kind of wood is white charcoal fired?
White charcoal is a technology for firing charcoal. It will affect the quality of white charcoal, and not all woods can be fired with white charcoal.
Generally speaking, the raw material of white charcoal must have at least wood with a density of 0.8 or more. Ordinary fruit wood, birch, etc. can also be fired into white charcoal, but the fired white charcoal does not look good and has uneven texture. It is uneven, and there are many cracks. In order to produce high-quality white charcoal, trees of the oak family are still used. Commonly used ones are black oak, green oak, and other oaks, beech trees and other unproductive forests.