(a) Uses of coal
• It is used as both a domestic and an industrial fuel.
• It is used to prepare coke, coal gas and coal tar.
(b) Uses of coke
• Coke is used as a smokeless fuel, in smelting furnaces.
• It is used in the manufacturing of water and producer gas.
(c) Uses of wood charcoal:
• Wood charcoal is used as a fuel.
• It is an important constituent of gunpowder.
(d) Sugar charcoal:
• Sugar charcoal is mostly used as a reducing agent.
• It is used to decolorize colored solutions.
(e) Bone charcoal:
• It is extensively used to decolorize cane-sugar in the process of manufacturing sugar.
• It is also used in the manufacture of a large number of phosphorous compounds.
(f) Uses of lampblack:
• It is used in making black shoe polish.
• It is used in the manufacture of tires and gunpowder.
