Metal dust fires have the potential to radiate more heat and some metals burn at extremely high temperatures in comparison to other combustible materials.

金属粉尘的燃烧产生更多的热和辐射，有些金属粉尘的燃烧火焰的温度非常高，远高于其他可燃物质。

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Everything was covered in that white dust, with giant pieces of metal lying around, and the buildings crushed beneath it.

所有的一切都笼罩在白色的烟尘中，巨大的金属碎片横躺在身边，建筑倒塌在上面。

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Though the heavy metal lead is largely gone from our gasoline and paint, it still lies insidiously below us in the ground and occasionally drifts through the air as dust.

尽管金属铅大部分通过汽油和油漆排放出去了，但任有一部分藏在我们看不见的地下，有时候作为灰尘漂浮在空气中。

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The heavy metal enters the body when children breathe the paint dust or fumes in the air.

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The inevitable bumps and scrapes as gold bars are moved around mean dust and slivers of the metal which are sucked up and recycled.

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Indium is leached from slag and dust of zinc production and the metal further purified by electrolysis.

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There's an important distinction between these two types of objects: Comets are mostly water, ice and dust, while asteroids are mostly rock or metal.

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