Question

what is black carbon

Answer 1

Black carbon is the sooty blackmaterial emitted from gas and diesel engines, coal-fired power plants, and other sources that burn fossil fuel. It comprises a significant portion of particulate matter or PM, which is an air pollutant.

Answer 2

Black Carbon (BC) is a solid particle or aerosol, (though not a gas) contributes to warming of the atmosphere.

Black carbon, commonly known as soot, is a form of particulate air pollutant, produced from incomplete combustion. It consists of pure carbon in several linked forms.

• Biomass burning.
• Cooking with solid fuels
• Diesal exhaust