#6476. Soot inception: Carbonaceous nanoparticle formation in flames: Soot inception

October 2026publication date
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Chemical Engineering (all);
Energy Engineering and Power Technology;
Fuel Technology;
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Abstract:
The route by which gas-phase molecules in hydrocarbon flames form condensed-phase carbonaceous nanoparticles (incipient soot) is reviewed. These products of incomplete combustion are introduced as particulates and materials revealing both their useful applications and unwanted impacts as pollutants. Significant advances in experimental techniques in the last decade have allowed the gas phase precursors and the transformation from molecules to nanoparticles to be directly observed. These measurements combined with computational techniques allow for various mechanisms known to date to be compared and explored. Questions remain surrounding the various mechanisms that lead to nanoparticle formation. Mechanisms combining physical and chemical routes, so-called physically stabilised soot inception, are highlighted as a possible “middle way”.
Keywords:
carbon black; carbon nanodots; incipient soot; soot; soot formation

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