Soot
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Soot is a mass of impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons. Soot is considered a hazardous substance with carcinogenic properties. Most broadly, the term includ
Emission of soot in the exhaust gas of a large diesel truck, without particle filters
The black staining on the power car of this Midland Mainline InterCity 125 High Speed Train is the result of soot building up on the train's surface.
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Black carbon
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Black carbon is the light-absorbing refractory form of elemental carbon remaining after pyrolysis or produced by incomplete combustion.
Soot
…a hazardous substance with carcinogenic properties. Most broadly, the term includes all the particulate matter produced by this process, including black carbon and residual pyrolysed fuel particles such as coal, cenospheres, charred wood, and petroleum coke classified as cokes or char. It can include polycyclic…
Black carbon is found worldwide, but its presence and impact are particularly strong in Asia.
Inefficient gas flare that creates black carbon at a site in Indonesia
Black carbon on a cooking pot. Result of a biofuel cooking.