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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 reaction|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:
** [[Char B1]], a French heavy tank manufactured before the Second World War
** [[Char 2C]], a super-heavy French tank developed during the First World War
** [[Char D1]], a pre-World War II French tank
** [[Char D2]], a French tank of the Interbellum
** [[Char G1]], a French replacement project for the Char D2 medium tank
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