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Sodium Chloride Filler From Plywood Sawdust

Sodium chloride is used as a filler in some glues used in plywood. It can also be found in sawdust from submerged logs recovered from saltwater. This particle has residual glue (resin) associated with it, which marks it as coming from plywood.

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