Char
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Char is the solid material that remains after light gases (e.g. coal gas) and tar (e.g. coal tar) have been driven-out or released from a carbonaceous material, during the initial stage of combustion, which is known as carbonization, charring, devolatilization or pyrolysis. Further stages of efficient combustion (with or without char deposits) are known as gasification reactions, ending quickly when the reversible gas phase water gas shift reaction reaches equilibrium.
Char may refer to:
- Salvelinus, a genus of fish; see also Arctic char
- Character (computing), a data type in many programming languages that is often referred to by its keyword "char"
- a floodplain sediment island in the Ganges Delta
- a common slang term for tea throughout British Empire in the 19th and 20th centuries
- Char (StarCraft), a planet in the StarCraft universe
- a card from the game Magic: The Gathering
- the number 4 in Hindi
- Charmander or Chimchar; Pokemon characters
In people:
- Char Aznable, a character from the Mobile Suit Gundam series
- Char Margolis, an American spiritualist
- René Char, a French poet
- Rajput, a Caste among Hindus in India, Pakistan and Nepal
- A charlady, an English house cleaner
- Char (artist), a Japanese guitarist
In tanks:
- Any French tank (from char d'assaut), but more specifically one with a short designation such as: