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If the flour is extremely finely ground, the particles can behave almost like a fog or a gas, and reactions with oxygen molecules can be extremely efficient and fast (i.e. explosive), because the oxygen does not have to "burn" through the outer layers of the particles. The phenomenon is not restricted to flour. The right sort of dust (e.g. fine coal dust) can be highly explosive.

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