Pyrolysis

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Wildfire Knowledge Graph · Heat Transfer

Working definition

Thermal decomposition of a material into gases, vapours, char and other products before or during combustion.

In plain language

Thermal decomposition of a material into gases, vapours, char and other products before or during combustion.

Why it matters

Pyrolysis is useful because it separates one specific part of wildfire behaviour, exposure, operations or evidence from nearby concepts that can otherwise be mixed together.

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Tecnobosque explanation reviewed 12 September 2026. Source definitions are authoritative within their stated jurisdiction; the explanatory text above is an independent technical synthesis.