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What do you mean by distructive distilation of coal?

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Heating coal in a retort until its chemical structure breaks down (destructive or nonreversible). The products are: coal gas, coal tar, and coke.

Ordinary distillation is reversible by just remixing the products. Destructive distillation is nonreversible.
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