Coke is the product of the distillation of what product?

Question

It's not the coke that you drink.

Answer 1

The coca leaf- which was chewed by the indigenous people of S.A. because it had a stimulant effect (mild in plant form). Was also original an ingredient of coca cola, hence the name.

Answer 2

I don't get it. if cocaine is a solid at room temp, then why is it the distillation product? (Distillation is for liquids). I guess it could be what's left in the "pot" after a distillation, but I thought somebody extracted the stuff from leaves, so the process would be more of an extraction (similar to making coffee or tea) as opposed to a distillation. Don't quote me on any of this though, just a thought. but if I'm right, I sure hope you're not the D-student chemist trying to isolate this stuff. :)

Answer 3

its coal, but its not "distilled":
Blended coal is first heated in coke ovens to produce coke. This process is known as carbonisation. The gas produced during carbonisation is extracted and used for fuel elsewhere in the steelworks. Other by-products (such as tar and benzole) are also extracted for further refining and sale. Once carbonised, the coke is pushed out of the ovens and allowed to cool.

Fine-sized ore is first mixed with coke and fluxes and heated in a sinter plant. This is a continuous moving belt on which the coke is ignited. The high temperatures generated fuse the ore particles and fluxes together to form a porous clinker called sinter. The use of sinter in the blast furnace helps make the ironmaking process more efficient.

Iron ore lumps and pellets, coke, sinter and possibly extra flux are carried to the top of the blast furnace on a conveyor or in skips and then tipped, or charged, into the furnace. Hot air (900 degrees C etc) is blasted into the bottom of the furnace through nozzles called tuyeres. The oxygen in the air combusts with the coke to form carbon monoxide gas, and this generates a great deal of heat. Frequently oil or coal is injected with the air, which enables less (relatively expensive) coke to be used.

The carbon monoxide flows up through the blast furnace and removes oxygen from the iron ores on their way down, thereby leaving iron. The heat in the furnace melts the iron, and the resulting liquid iron (or hot metal as it is called in the industry) is tapped at regular intervals by opening a hole in the bottom of the furnace and allowing it to flow out. The fluxes combine with the impurities in the coke and ore to form a molten slag, which floats on the iron and is also removed (tapped) at regular intervals.

The hot metal flows into torpedo ladles. These are specially constructed railway containers which transport iron, still in liquid form, to the steel furnace.

The process described above goes on continuously for ten years or more. (This is known as a campaign.) If the furnace were allowed to cool, damage could be caused to its lining of refractory bricks as a result of their contracting as they cooled. Eventually the refractory brick linings are worn away, and at that stage the process is stopped and the furnace relined with new bricks, ready to begin its next campaign.

The iron produced by the blast furnace has a carbon content of 4 to 4.5% as well as a number of other "impurities". This makes it relatively brittle. Steelmaking refines iron, amongst other things by reducing its carbon content, to make it a stronger and more manipulable product.

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Answer 4

coke is what is left after the volatiles are baked (distilled) out of coal

Answer 5

Coco leaves mixed with a little cement, caustic soda, ammonia, quicklime, sulfuric acid and a lot of gasoline. It is a long tedious process and is actually quite gross when you see it going through its stages of being made.........

Answer 6

Iron?