I suspect that the source wood depends on locale - in the South West
maybe mesquite but here in Missouri - where most of the charcoal in
the United States is produced (about 20 miles North of here
thankfully most of the time downwind) I believe that they use oak
Happy New Year Y'all
dave
>I'm trying to come up with the pressure on various native tree species
>from various sources. One of the pressures is charcoal making. Is
>there/was there at anytime in history, a preferred tree species for
>making charcoal? If this is too general a question, is/was there a
>preferred tree species for the smelting of various metals? There must be
>some sort of preferred species for artist charcoal, and I recall seeing
>boxes of willow charcoal for this purpose.
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David A. Summers
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Adjunct Professor of Nuclear Engineering
Director
Rock Mechanics and Explosives Research Center
University of Missouri-Rolla,
Rolla, MO 65409-0810
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