Title: combustion gas
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - combustion gas
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.C01188
Status: current

Definition
A gas or vapour produced in furnaces, combustion chambers or in open burning.

Source
- PAC, 1990, 62, 2167. 'Glossary of atmospheric chemistry terms (Recommendations 1990)' on page 2181 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199062112167)

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Citation: Citation: 'combustion gas' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.C01188
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