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Electrical Intervention in the Sooting of Flames

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Soot in Combustion Systems and Its Toxic Properties

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There is much evidence that both electrical and chemical effects are important in the formation of soot in flames. It is difficult to distinguish between the two by non-invasive methods since the chemical and electrical properties of species are closely related. This paper reviews and discusses the consequences of gross electrical interactions with sooting flames. The literature of this subject is very extensive; see for example references 1 to 13.

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Weinberg, F.J. (1983). Electrical Intervention in the Sooting of Flames. In: Lahaye, J., Prado, G. (eds) Soot in Combustion Systems and Its Toxic Properties. NATO Conference Series, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4463-6_13

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