Soot Formation An Overview. - Session I: Characterization of Combustion-Formed Particulate Carbon. - Morphology and Internal Structure of Soot and Carbon Blacks. - Optical Properties and Morphology of Particulate Carbon: Variation with Air / Fuel Ratio. - The Chemical Analysis of Particulate Carbon. - Session II: Basic Mechanisms and Kinetics. - Pre-particle Chemistry in Soot Formation. - Physical Aspects of Nucleation and Growth of Soot Particles. - Ionic Mechanisms of Soot Nucleation in Premixed Flames. - Laser Light Scattering and Fluorescence Diagnostics of Rich Flames Produced by Gaseous and Liquid Fuels. - Soot Oxidation in Flames. - Session III: Formation During Continuous Combustion. - Soot Formation in Jet-Stirred Reactors. - Modeling Soot Emissions in Combustion Systems. - Modeling of Reaction Processes in Turbulent Flames with Special Emphasis on Soot Formation and Combustion. - Soot Studies in Gas Turbine Combustors and Other Turbulent Spray Flames. - Session IV: Formation During Intermittent Combustion. - A Phenomenological Description of Particulate Formation During Constant Volume Combustion. - Time Resolved Soot Particulates in Diesel Spray Combustion. - Effects of Flame Temperature and Air-Fuel Mixing on Emission of Particulate Carbon from a Divided-Chamber Diesel Engine. - Symposium Summary. - Participants. Language: English