Yesterday we made our own charcoal. We started with a normal fire, then made a box with bigger logs around the edge of the fire in an attempt to seal the bottom edges so the oxygen reaching that area was limited. Our hope was that this would produce a more concentrated carbon product. Initially we wanted to use a bucket or something more effective in limiting oxygen, but we couldn't find anything suitable. After the fire burnt out we collected the left over charcoal. We will crush this charcoal and use it in our experiment that will test how effective charcoal is in absorbing iodine from water.
[Allison]