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black carbon  

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  • Black carbon (BC) is an aerosol pollutant emitted as a byproduct of the combustion of organic matter, and is a component of soot or ash. Sources of BC include cooking and heating stoves, industrial plants, coke and brick kilns, diesel combustion, agricultural burning, and oil and gas flaring. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Warming & Climate Change; Carbon, Black]

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