Pyrolysis

Not to be confused with Pyrrolysine.
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Burning pieces of wood, showing various stages of pyrolysis followed by oxidative combustion.

Pyrolysis is the process of thermal decomposition of materials at elevated temperatures, often in an inert atmosphere[1] without access to oxygen.

  1. ^ "Pyrolysis". Compendium of Chemical Terminology. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. 2009. p. 1824. doi:10.1351/goldbook.P04961. ISBN 978-0-9678550-9-7. Retrieved 2018-01-10.