Sooting

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of covering or dressing with soot. countable, uncountable

    "However, for some catalysts an accelerated aging was used which involved eight consecutive sootings at an inlet temperature of 370°C for three hours each followed by a regeneration during which the inlet temperature was increased to 650°C for 15 minutes."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of soot form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

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"However, for some catalysts an accelerated aging was used which involved eight consecutive sootings at an inlet temperature of 370°C for three hours each followed by a regeneration during which the inlet temperature was increased to 650°C for 15 minutes."

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