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A review is given of recent papers on the phenomenology, kinetics, and mechanism of soot formation in hydrocarbon combustion; the effects of various factors on the formation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, fullerenes, and soot, low-temperature soot formation in cool flames, combustion in electric field, and the paramagnetism of soot particles from an ecological viewpoint are considered.
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Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 41, No. 6, pp. 137–156, November–December, 2005.
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Mansurov, Z.A. Soot Formation in Combustion Processes (Review). Combust Explos Shock Waves 41, 727–744 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10573-005-0083-2
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