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As a prelude to more general studies on the formation of smoke and soot during the combustion of coals and their distillation products, some observations have been made of the effects of fuel type and mode of combustion on the amount and character of the carbonaceous matter deposited from flames of simple gaseous and liquid fuels. Examination of solvent extracts of the carbonaceous matter has led to the conclusion that it probably contained intermediates in the process of carbon formation, and was formed from the initially simple fuels by a complex process including dehydrogenation and polymerization.
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ARTHUR, J., KAPUR, P. & NAPIER, D. Carbonaceous Deposits from Hydrocarbon Diffusion Flames. Nature 169, 372–373 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169372a0
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