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Soot
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: Many [[particle]]s of [[soot]] build up to form a layer of black powder.
: During the industrial revolution soot built up on [[tree]]s which caused the white moths to be visible to predators. After a few years [[Evolution by Natural Selection|natural selection]] had killed off all the white moths while a [[mutation]] caused some moths to be black, allowing them to survive.
: [[Soot]] is often made [[product|produced]] in the following [[Incomplete Combustion|incomplete combustion]] [[Chemical Reaction|reactions]]:
: [[Methane]] + [[Oxygen]] → [[Soot]] + [[Water]]
: <chem>CH4 + O2 -> C + 2H2O</chem>