Wood and paper are fuel or not - Science - Combustion and Flame

Question

Wood and paper are fuel or not?

Deepak Kumar · Accepted Answer

Dear Student , No , Wood and paper are not fuel The wood is burnt
in the limited supply of air to obtain charcoal When wood is burnt
in the limited supply of oxygen, water and volatile materials are
removed and charcoal is left behind as the residue Paper by itself
catches fire easily whereas a piece of paper wrapped around an
aluminium pipe does not : Because for burning or combustion, a
substance must me heated to its ignition temperature Paper has a
low ignition temperature, so it catches fire easily But wrapped
around an aluminium pipe does not catch fire as on heating, because
it is unable to attain the ignition temperature due to transfer of
heat to aluminium pipe which is good conductor of heat Regards