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Soot Formation in Combustion represents an up-to-date overview. The contributions trace back to the 1991 Heidelberg symposium entitled "Mechanism and Models of Soot Formation" and have all been reedited by Prof. Bockhorn in close contact with the original authors. The book gives an easy introduction to the field for newcomers, and provides detailed treatments for the specialists. The following list of contents illustrates the topics under review:

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Overview Soot Formation in Combustion.- A Short Introduction to the Problem - Structure of the Following Parts.- I PAH Formation in Sooting Flames Experimental Investigation and Kinetics.- 1 Investigation of the High Temperature Reaction of Hydrogen Atoms with Phenylacetylene.- 2 Benzene and Higher Hydrocarbon Formation During Allene Pyrolysis.- 3 Formation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Decane and Kerosene Flames at Reduced Pressure.- 4 Growth of Large Ionic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Sooting Flames.- 5 Spectroscopic and Chemical Characterization of Soot Inception Processes in Premixed Laminar Flames at Atmospheric Pressure.- 6 General Discussion to Part I.- II PAH Formation in Sooting Flames Global Dependence and Modelling.- 7 Radical Concentration Measurements in Hydrocarbon Diffusion Flames.- 8 Detection of Large Aromatics in Flames by REMPI-MS.- 9 Pressure Dependence of Formation of Soot and PAH in Premixed Flames.- 10 Detailed Mechanism and Modeling of Soot Particle Formation.- 11 General Discussion to Part II.- III Soot in Flames Mass Growth and Related Phenomena.- 12 Soot Mass Growth in Laminar Diffusion Flames-Parametric Modelling.- 13 Concentration and Temperature Effects on Soot Formation in Diffusion Flames.- 14 Mass Growth of Charged Soot Particles in Premixed Flames.- 15 Growth of Soot Particles in Premixed Flames by Surface Reactions.- 16 Active Sites in Soot Growth.- 17 Soot Precursor Particles in Flames.- 18 General Discussion to Part III.- IV Soot in Flames Formation, Dependence, Practical Systems.- 19 Metallic Additives in Soot Formation and Post-Oxidation.- 20 Critical Temperatures of Soot Formation.- 21 Soot Formation in Partially Premixed Diffusion Flames at Atmospheric Pressure.- 22 Experimental Study on the Influence of Pressure on Soot Formation in a Shock Tube.- 23 Soot Formation from Hydrocarbons in a Plug Flow Reactor: Influence of Temperature.- 24 Soot Formation and Oxidation in Diesel Engines.- 25 General Discussion to Part IV.- V Models for Soot Formation in Laminar Flames.- 26 Soot Deposition from Ethylene/Air Flames and the Role of Aromatic Intermediates.- 27 Simplified Soot Nucleation and Surface Growth Steps for Non-Premixed Flames.- 28 Successes and Uncertainties in Modelling Soot Formation in Laminar, Premixed Flames.- 29 Comparison of the Ionic Mechanism of Soot Formation with a Free Radical Mechanism.- 30 The Role of Biaryl Reactions in PAH and Soot Formation.- VI Models for Soot Formation in Turbulent Flames.- 31 Application of a Soot Model to a Turbulent Ethylene Diffusion Flame.- 32 Model of Soot Formation: Coupling of Turbulence and Soot Chemistry.- 33 Modelling Soot Formation for Turbulent Flame Prediction.- 34 General Discussion to Part VI.- VII Final Discussion and Perspectives.- 35 Mechanisms and Models of Soot Formation: Final Discussion and Perspectives.- Index of contributors.

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Soot Formation in Combustion is based on updated contributions tracing back to the 1991 Heidelberg symposium entitled "Mechanism and Models of Soot Formation". All articles have been reedited in close contact with the original authors by Prof. Bockhorn and present the most recent and comprehensive research results on soot formation.

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