sooting

English

Verb

sooting

1. present participle and gerund of soot

Noun

sooting (countable and uncountable, plural sootings)

1. The act of covering or dressing with soot.
   • 1987, A. Crucq, A. Frennet, Catalysis and Automotive Pollution Control, page 459:

     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.