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Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by kragen on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @06:18PM (#33977689)
ash has no carbon

carbon's oxides are all gaseous at standard temperature and pressure

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Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by lliamander on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @06:42PM (#33977955)
Not quite. Plenty of carbon is release as carbon oxides, but calcium carbonate is also a major component of ash (or at least wood ash).
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Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by kragen on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @11:38AM (#33985994)
good point

little carbon, then, not none

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Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by elihu on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @07:17PM (#33978259)
Going by what wikipedia says, wood ash can have carbon. If I understand correctly, how much depends largely on how hot it burned.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_ash#Elemental_analysis

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