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Man has long been exploiting his environmental resources, including fossil fuels, biomass, and man-made fuels, for purposes such as cooking, heating, transportation, and industrial production. These activities often result in the production of incomplete combustion products, which are made of very complex mixtures that contain thousands of compounds, both organic and inorganic. The organic constituents from these emissions contain aliphatic hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), substituted PAHs, and other polar compounds. These organic compounds are present in the form of gases (e.g., benzene, formaldehyde) and particulate matter. The condensed organic matter is usually adsorbed onto carbonaceous particles to form soot or onto alumina-silica particles such as coal fly ash particles.
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Mumford, J.L., He, X.Z., Chapman, R.S. (1990). Human Lung Cancer Risks Due to Complex Organic Mixtures of Combustion Emissions. In: Band, P. (eds) Occupational Cancer Epidemiology. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 120. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84068-5_13
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