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Agglomerated Soot from an Industrial Fire View through a Microscope

Agglomerated Soot, Ash, and House Dust

This is agglomerated soot and ash from an large plumbing warehouse fire over paper fibers and other house dusts. 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 Illumination

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