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When wood is burned to ash, that ash is mainly carbon. I'm pretty sure it's just carbon. Carbon is in everything and it doesn't burn very well so that's why it's left over from when you burn something.

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Burnt wood is commonly referred to as charcoal. It is a black residue that is left when wood is burned in the absence of oxygen.

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