Pyrolysis

Burning pieces of wood, showing various stages of pyrolysis followed by oxidative combustion.

Pyrolysis is a process involving the separation of covalent bonds in organic matter by thermal decomposition within an inert environment without oxygen.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ IUPAC, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book") (1997). Online corrected version: (2006–) "Pyrolysis". doi:10.1351/goldbook.P04961
  2. ^ Devi, Mamta; Rawat, Sachin; Sharma, Swati (23 November 2020). "A comprehensive review of the pyrolysis process: from carbon nanomaterial synthesis to waste treatment". Oxford Open Materials Science. 1 (1). doi:10.1093/oxfmat/itab014.
  3. ^ "What Is Pyrolysis?". Eastern Regional Research Center: Wyndmoor, PA. USDA. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.

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