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Agglomerated Soot from an Industrial Fire View through a Microscope

Agglomerated Soot from an Industrial Fire

This is agglomerated soot from an large plumbing warehouse fire and a starch grain from the home environment. This was from an environmental tapelift collected in a home a few hundred meters (a little over 200 yards) away from the fire.

Transmitted Off Crossed Polarized Light and Reflected Darkfield Illumination

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