During winter, you would often burn coal to warm your hands, whereas in many homes, coal is also burnt and food is cooked on it. Apart from this, coal is also used in mines. There are many uses of coal and there is also talk about the harmful gases emitted from it, but have you ever thought that when coal is black and the fire burning in it is red, then how the smoke coming out of it when burnt is white? If your answer is no then let us tell you today.
Why does white smoke come out when coal is burnt?
When coal is burnt and it is slightly wet, it emits white smoke. Actually, residual sulphide is produced when coal is burnt. Due to which white smoke is produced. Which is very harmful for the environment.
How many types of smoke are there?
There are different types of smoke, which reveal different things. For example, thin, black, strong smoke indicates that there is a well-ventilated fire nearby. Additionally, slow, white, spreading smoke (thick at first but soon thinning) indicates steam. At the same time, brown smoke indicates incomplete or wet burning of wood.
However, the smoke produced by burning things like coal, stubble and raw wood is the most dangerous for the environment, which mixes into the environment and affects the air quality and thus disrupts the life of common people. In the last few decades, due to bad smoke, the air quality in most of the cities has been greatly affected due to which the common people are facing many problems.