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The process of heating coal in the absence of air is called the destructive distallation of coal. Coal contains a number of elements such as carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur. When coal is heated in the absence of air, a number of products are obtained. A laboratory set up to carry out destructive distillation of coal as shown.