Q. Consider the following statements:
Amorphous carbon has lesser surface area than activated Charcoal
Charcoal is obtained from Amorphous Carbon by Pyrolysis
Which among the above statements is / are correct?
Answer: 1 only
Notes: Please note that Charcoal is obtained by slow pyrolysis of wood, sugar etc and not the Amorphous Carbon so statement 2 is incorrect. Amorphous Carbon is pure carbon which is an allotrope of carbon. Charcoal is impure. Amorphous Carbon has lesser surface area because it has some short nanocrystalline structure, so statement 1 is correct
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