carbonization

indénombrable

A noun referring to the process of destructive distillation of coal, such as in coke ovens, where coal is heated in the absence of air to produce coke and other byproducts.

• 🇫🇷Substantif désignant le processus de décomposition thermique ou de distillation destructive de matières carbonées, comme le charbon, en l'absence d'air, produisant du coke et d'autres sous-produits ; également, conversion en carbone ou en charbon.

1. Destructive distillation of coal C1 formal technical

   The process of heating coal in the absence of air to produce coke, coal gas, and other byproducts, typically carried out in coke ovens.

   • The carbonization of coal in coke ovens yields coke for steelmaking.
   • Engineers optimized the carbonization process to reduce emissions.
   • Historical carbonization plants were common in industrial regions.

   🇫🇷carbonisation de la houille

   Synonymes: destructive distillationpyrolysis

2. Conversion to carbon C1 formal technical

   The chemical process by which organic matter is converted into carbon or a carbon-containing residue through heating or decomposition.

   • Carbonization of wood produces charcoal.
   • The carbonization of plant material over millions of years forms coal.
   • Scientists study carbonization to understand fossil fuel formation.

   🇫🇷Carbonisation

   Synonymes: carbonisation

• carbonizations plural form
• carbonizations' possessive plural form
• carbonization's possessive singular form