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soot, black or dull brown deposit of fine powder resulting from incomplete combustion of fuel of high carbon content, e.g., coal, wood, and oil. It consists chiefly of amorphous carbon and tarry substances that cause it to adhere to surfaces. Soot obtained from coal also contains sulfur and ammonia. See carbon black carbon black, mixture of partially burned hydrocarbons. Carbon black is produced by partial combustion of natural gas . It is used as a black pigment for inks and paints, and is used in large amounts by the tire industry in the production of vulcanized rubber. ..... Click the link for more information. . soot finely divided carbon deposited from flames during the incomplete combustion of organic substances such as coal soot [su̇t] (materials) Impure black carbon with oily compounds obtained from the incomplete combustion of resinous materials, oils, wood, or coal. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Then she took her little lamp, and went into her cabin, and took off the fur skin, and washed the soot from off her face and hands, so that her beauty shone forth like the sun from behind the clouds. Still, it must have been many years in use, for it was thickly covered with a coating of soot; this soot I dissolved in a portion of the wine brought to me every Sunday, and I assure you a better ink cannot be desired. A frouzy mourning of soot and smoke attired this forlorn creation of Barnard, and it had strewn ashes on its head, and was undergoing penance and humiliation as a mere dust-hole. |
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