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powder

Dry, bulk material composed of many fine solid particles

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Also known as powdered · powder material · dust · powders

Subclass of: granular material

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A powder is a dry solid composed of many very fine particles that may flow freely when shaken or tilted. Powders are a special sub-class of granular materials, although the terms powder and granular are sometimes used to distinguish separate classes of material. In particular, powders refer to those granular materials that have the finer grain sizes, and that therefore have a greater tendency to form clumps when flowing. Granulars refer to the coarser granular materials that do not tend to form clumps except when wet.

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Fabrication method: crushing
precipitation
grinding
Has characteristic: hazard contributing factor of: dust explosion
Contributing factor of: dust explosion

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