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Originally Posted by masraum
Wow! I understand that dust under the wrong circumstances can be dangerous causing explosions due to the fast burning. I have to assume that requires the right kind of dust. I'm not sure if cocao powder would do that or not, but then I guess a 70 year old building could have a lot of regular old dust.
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The factory explosion I mentioned was in a chicle (chewing gum) factory. They used magnesium stearate to prevent the chicle from sticking and that was the dust that exploded. Cocoa has a lot of carbon in it so I'd expect it to burn rather easily in dust form.
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