Dry-distilled charcoal - Kanryutan

Japanese: 乾留炭 - かんりゅうたん
Dry-distilled charcoal - Kanryutan

…The carbonization of wood for the primary purpose of producing charcoal is called charcoal making, or charcoal burning. In addition to black and white charcoal made in charcoal kilns, there is also charcoal made by dry distillation, and charcoal made from the residue of incomplete combustion of wood is also charcoal. Charcoal is a type of amorphous carbon, just like graphite, coal, and coke. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "carbonized charcoal" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…炭を主目的として木材を炭化することを製炭といい,炭焼きともいう。木炭は炭窯で造られた黒炭,白炭のほかに,乾留でできた乾留炭があり,木材の不完全燃焼でできた残渣の消炭も木炭である。木炭は黒鉛,石炭,コークス類と同じ無定形炭素の一種である。…

※「乾留炭」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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