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soot

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005971

A dark powdery deposit of unburned fuel residues, composed mainly of amorphous carbon and some hydrocarbons, that accumulates in chimneys, automobile mufflers and other surfaces exposed to smoke. It is the product of incomplete combustion of carbon-rich organic fuels in low oxygen conditions. It is sometimes called lampblack or carbon black and is used in ink, in rubber tires, and to prepare carbon nanotubes.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005971
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymscarbon black
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2015; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsosmoke; smoke point; carbon
TranslationsSpanish: hollín
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005971",
  "term": "soot",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A dark powdery deposit of unburned fuel residues, composed mainly of amorphous carbon and some hydrocarbons, that accumulates in chimneys, automobile mufflers and other surfaces exposed to smoke. It is the product of incomplete combustion of carbon-rich organic fuels in low oxygen conditions. It is sometimes called lampblack or carbon black and is used in ink, in rubber tires, and to prepare carbon nanotubes.",
  "synonyms": [
    "carbon black"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "smoke",
    "smoke point",
    "carbon"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2015",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "hollín"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/soot/"
}

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