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What is a pyrolysis?

What is a pyrolysis? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (chemistry) The decomposition of a material or compound due to heat, in the absence of oxygen or other reagents.
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And because a pyrolysis stove doesn't produce much smoke, it releases very little carbon dioxide or soot.
Table I gives yields of diazo compounds produced by this vacuum pyrolysis method.
NeoPhotonics specializes in a laser-reactive deposition technique, similar in some ways to flame pyrolysis.
The second system, which is newer and has not been tried extensively, is known as pyrolysis or gasification.
It makes it possible to produce, under the effect of a torrefaction by pyrolysis, a biocarbon, commonly named Biochar.
Either way, the pyrolysis doesn't produce carbon dioxide as ordinary, oxygen-fueled fire does.

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