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Environmental Research Letters, 2015 Freshly emitted soot particles are fractal-like aggregates, but atmospheric processes often transform their morphology. Morphology of soot particles plays an important role in determining their optical properties, life cycle and hence their effect on ...
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Modelling the Optical Properties of Soot Particles under Various Aging Conditions
Atmosphere, 2020 As atmospheric fresh soot particles age, they become coated with other chemical species. This transforms their physicochemical properties and affects their optical characteristics, which is of great importance to air quality, the environment and climate ...
Kangwei Li +6 more
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Internally mixed soot, sulfates, and organic matter in aerosol particles from Mexico City [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2008 Soot particles, which are aggregated carbonaceous spherules with graphitic structures, are major aerosol constituents that result from burning of fossil fuel, biofuel, and biomass. Their properties commonly change through reaction with other particles or
K. Adachi, P. R. Buseck
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On the Response of Nascent Soot Nanostructure and Oxidative Reactivity to Photoflash Exposure
Energies, 2017 Soot particles are a kind of major pollutant from fuel combustion. To enrich the understanding of soot, this work focuses on investigating detailed influences of instantaneous external irradiation (conventional photoflash exposure) on nanostructure as ...
Wei Wang +4 more
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Nanostructure and Oxidation Reactivity of Nascent Soot Particles in Ethylene/Pentanol Flames
Energies, 2017 As byproducts of the combustion process of hydrocarbon fuels, soot particles are difficult to remove, and they can greatly harm human health and pollute the environment.
Yaoyao Ying +5 more
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Soot Formation in Methane Pyrolysis Reactor: Modeling Soot Growth and Particle Characterization
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2022 Methane pyrolysis is a very attractive and climate-friendly process for hydrogen production and the sequestration of carbon as solid material. The formation of soot particles in methane pyrolysis reactors needs to be understood for technology scale-up calling for appropriate soot growth models.
Akash Bhimrao Shirsath +9 more
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Atmosphere, 2022 The mimicking of atmospheric soot with versatile chemophysical properties is a critical issue in many applications, starting from instrument calibration, through producing aerosol standards for academic research, and ending with the reduction of ...
Tibor Ajtai +4 more
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SOOT PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION NEAR THE CYLINDER WALL IN A DIRECT INJECTION DIESEL ENGINE [PDF]
Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, 2018 Investigation of soot particle size and its distribution inside a direct injection diesel engine provides the idea of how soot particles are distributed in an engine cylinder, particularly near the cylinder wall.
M. A. ZUBER +3 more
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An Inter-Comparison of Instruments Measuring Black Carbon Content of Soot Particles
, 2007 Inter-comparison studies of well-characterized fractal soot particles were conducted using the following four instruments: Aerosol Mass Spectrometer-Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (AMS-SMPS), Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2), Multi-Angle ...
John T. Jayne +33 more
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, 2003 Individual aerosol particles in smoke plumes from biomass fires and in regional hazes in southern Africa were studied using analytical transmission electron microscopy ( TEM), which allowed detailed characterization of carbonaceous particle types in ...
Hobbs, Peter V. +4 more
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