What is Soot?
'''Soot''' is a mass of [[carbon]] [[particle]]s. It comes from incomplete burning. It is known to cause [[cancer]] and [[lung diseases]].<ref> *{{Cite journal |last1 = Bond |first1 = T. C. |last2 = Doherty |first2 = S. J. |last3 = Fahey |first3 = D. W. |last4 = Forster |first4 = P. M. |last5 = Berntsen |first5 = T. |last6 = Deangelo |first6 = B. J. |last7 = Flanner |first7 = M. G. |last8 = Ghan |first8 = S. |last9 = Kärcher |first9 = B. |last10 = Koch |first10 = D. |last11 = Kinne |first11 = S. |last12 = Kondo |first12 = Y. |last13 = Quinn |first13 = P. K. |last14 = Sarofim |first14 = M. C. |last15 = Schultz |first15 = M. G. |last16 = Schulz |first16 = M. |last17 = Venkataraman |first17 = C. | last18 = Zhang |first18 = H. |last19 = Zhang |first19 = S. |last20 = Bellouin |first20 = N. |last21 = Guttikunda |first21 = S. K. |last22 = Hopke |first22 = P. K. |last23 = Jacobson |first23 = M. Z. |last24 = Kaiser |first24 = J. W. |last25 = Klimont |first25 = Z. |last26 = Lohmann |first26 = U. |last27 = Schwarz |first28 = D. |first29=T. |last30=Warren |first30=S. G. |last28=Shindell |last29=Storelvmo |first27=J. P. |title=Bounding the role of black carbon in the climate system: A scientific assessment |doi=10.1002/jgrd.50171 |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres |volume=118 |issue=11 |pages=5380 |year=2013 |bibcode = 2013JGRD..118.5380B |url = https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/99106/1/jgrd50171.pdf |doi-access = free }} *{{cite news |author=Juliet Eilperin |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/black-carbon-ranks-as-second-biggest-human-cause-of-global-warming/2013/01/15/6d4e542a-5f2d-11e2-9940-6fc488f3fecd_story.html?tid=pm_pop |title=Black carbon ranks as second-biggest human cause of global warming |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2013-11-26 |access-date=2013-12-04}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{science-stub}} [[Category:Air pollution]] [[Category:Allotropes of carbon]]