
222 Oxygen-Enhanced Combustion
to soot.
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Prado et al. discuss soot inception and growth
through nucleation and agglomeration.
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Calcote notes
the steps involved in soot formation as follows:
1. Formation of precursors
2. Nucleation which transforms molecules to
particles
3. Soot particle growth which increases the molec-
ular weight
4. Coagulation of soot particles to form single
larger particles where the identity of the original
colliding particles has been lost
5. Agglomeration of particles which adhere to
each other to form a chain
6. Aggregation of colliding particles to form a
cluster of individual particles which are still
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