Editing Pyrolysis (section)

===Other uses and occurrences===
* Pyrolysis is used to turn organic materials into carbon for the purpose of [[carbon-14 dating]].
* Pyrolysis liquids from slow pyrolysis of bark and hemp have been tested for their antifungal activity against wood decaying fungi, showing potential to substitute the current wood preservatives<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Barbero-López |first1=Aitor |last2=Chibily |first2=Soumaya |last3=Tomppo |first3=Laura |last4=Salami |first4=Ayobami |last5=Ancin-Murguzur |first5=Francisco Javier |last6=Venäläinen |first6=Martti |last7=Lappalainen |first7=Reijo |last8=Haapala |first8=Antti |title=Pyrolysis distillates from tree bark and fibre hemp inhibit the growth of wood-decaying fungi |journal=Industrial Crops and Products |date=March 2019 |volume=129 |pages=604–610 |doi=10.1016/j.indcrop.2018.12.049 }}</ref> while further tests are still required. However, their ecotoxicity is very variable and while some are less toxic than current wood preservatives, other pyrolysis liquids have shown high ecotoxicity, what may cause detrimental effects in the environment.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Barbero-López |first1=Aitor |last2=Akkanen |first2=Jarkko |last3=Lappalainen |first3=Reijo |last4=Peräniemi |first4=Sirpa |last5=Haapala |first5=Antti |title=Bio-based wood preservatives: Their efficiency, leaching and ecotoxicity compared to a commercial wood preservative |journal=Science of the Total Environment |date=January 2021 |volume=753 |pages=142013 |doi=10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142013 |pmid=32890867 |bibcode=2021ScTEn.75342013B }}</ref>
* Pyrolysis of [[tobacco]], paper, and additives, in [[cigarettes]] and other products, generates many volatile products (including [[nicotine]], carbon monoxide, and [[tar]]) that are responsible for the aroma and negative [[health effects of tobacco|health effects]] of [[smoking]].  Similar considerations apply to the smoking of [[marijuana]] and the burning of [[incense]] products and [[mosquito coil]]s.
* Pyrolysis occurs during the [[trash incineration|incineration of trash]], potentially generating volatiles that are toxic or contribute to [[air pollution]] if not completely burned.
* Laboratory or industrial equipment sometimes gets fouled by carbonaceous residues that result from [[coking]], the pyrolysis of organic products that come into contact with hot surfaces.