T. Schafer et al., SURFACE GROWTH AND OXIDATION OF SOOT PARTICLES UNDER FLAME CONDITIONS, Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. A, A journal of physical sciences, 50(11), 1995, pp. 1009-1022
Surface growth and oxidation of soot particles is investigated in prem
ixed counter flow flames. Surface growth rates and soot oxidation rate
s can be evaluated from the measured appearance rates of soot and the
calculated surface growth rates derived from the HACA-mechanism. The d
ependence of surface growth rates and soot oxidation rates on composit
ion of the gas phase, temperature and ''surface concentration'' is dis
cussed. A mechanism of soot oxidation accounting for the experimental
findings is suggested.