Editing Soot (section)

{{short description|Product of incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons}}
{{Other uses}}
[[File:Diesel-smoke.jpg|thumb|Emission of soot in the [[exhaust gas]] of a large [[Diesel engine|diesel]] truck, without [[Diesel particulate filter|particle filters]]]]
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'''Soot''' ({{IPAc-en|s|ʊ|t}} {{respell|suut}}) is a mass of impure [[Carbonaceous|carbon]] particles resulting from the incomplete [[combustion]] of [[hydrocarbon]]s.<ref name="modeling">{{cite journal |last1=Omidvarborna |title=Recent studies on soot modeling for diesel combustion |journal=Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews |volume=48 |pages=635–647 |doi=10.1016/j.rser.2015.04.019 |display-authors=et al |year=2015|bibcode=2015RSERv..48..635O }}</ref> Soot is considered a hazardous substance with carcinogenic properties.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Carbon Black| last=Kliment| first=Josef| publisher=Czech Association of Industrial Chemistry|year=2008|isbn=978-80-02-02004-2|location=Zlín}}</ref> Most broadly, the term includes all the particulate matter produced by this process, including [[black carbon]] and residual [[Pyrolysis|pyrolysed]] fuel particles such as [[coal]], [[cenosphere]]s, charred wood, and [[petroleum coke]] classified as [[Coke (fuel)|cokes]] or [[Char (chemistry)|char]]. It can include [[polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons]] and heavy metals like mercury.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-13|title=Black Carbon: A Deadly Air Pollutant|url=https://nomoreplanet.com/black-carbon/|access-date=2020-11-01|website=NoMorePlanet.com|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304185122/https://nomoreplanet.com/black-carbon/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Soot causes various types of [[cancer]] and lung disease.<ref>
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