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Is ash the gas of lava?

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No. Volcanic ash is not gas. It is made of tiny solid particles of rock or glass formed either when molten rock is fragmented or when solid rock is pulverized by explosive eruptions. Gas from a volcano is simply called volcanic gas.

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