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Charring

The stage of heat damage at approximately 200 to 400 degrees Celsius at which paper cellulose converts to amorphous carbon; the sheet is black, extremely fragile, but retains internal cohesion and may preserve ink contrast differences detectable by NIR reflectance.

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