Charcoal reacts with oxygen of the air at a glowing red heat to form colourless carbon monoxide gas, which then burns with a blue flame with more oxygen from the air to produce carbon dioxide gas.
When you burn charcoal, it produces carbon monoxide, an odorless and colorless gas that you can't smell or see but that can be harmful -- even fatal -- when inhaled.
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Charcoal reacts with oxygen of the air at a glowing red heat to form colourless carbon monoxide gas, which then burns with a blue flame with more oxygen from the air to produce carbon dioxide gas.
Explanation:
When you burn charcoal, it produces carbon monoxide, an odorless and colorless gas that you can't smell or see but that can be harmful -- even fatal -- when inhaled.