• Question: can you take ash from burned wood and turn it into paper?

    Asked by nicenadia to Alessandro, Angela, Claudia, Marina, Phil on 12 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Claudia Krehl

      Claudia Krehl answered on 12 Mar 2013:

      It does not look like it. I think paper has wood has certain properties that you require to make paper, but as soon as you burn it these do not exist anymore. Once burnt it’s physical properties are completely changed. However, you can make diamonds out of ash!

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