what are other elements found in charcoal?

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aside from carbon

2006-09-04 02:21:36 · 5 answers · asked by black_princess 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

Potassium, sodium, calcium, silicon (the stuff left in the ash), oxygen, hydrogen to name a few.

2006-09-04 02:34:42 · answer #1 · answered by Engineer-Poet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Other elements found in charcoal are sulfur, metal element like calcium, magenesium, calcium and iron. This is to why the ash is alkaline in nature.

2006-09-04 02:42:09 · answer #2 · answered by mtula ikufa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

the trace elements are whatever is in the wood. Na, K, etc.

2006-09-04 02:41:15 · answer #3 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Do your own friggin schoolwork dummy! Plutonium, NaCI, paladium, strontium 90!

2006-09-04 02:23:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋

Mesquite.

2006-09-04 02:23:36 · answer #5 · answered by ekinevel 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋