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entity_id: "MAT-aluminum-dust"
entity_type: "material"
package_version: "2.0.0-rc1"
publication_status: "conditional_reference_human_review_required"
last_verified: "2026-07-14"
confidence: "High"
public_safe: true
---

# Aluminum dust

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## Material Group
Combustible metal dust

## Behavior
Fine reactive metal powder/dust

## Hazards
- High combustibility/explosion
- static ignition
- respiratory exposure

## Processes
- Grinding, polishing, sanding, additive manufacturing, machining

## Product Categories
- Explosion-Proof/ORD LOC
- Inertization
- Centralized Systems
- Dust Collectors

## Compliance Associations
- NFPA 484
- NFPA 660
- OSHA NEP
- HazCom
- ATEX/Ord Loc

## Seo Angle
aluminum dust vacuum; combustible metal dust vacuum

## Source Authority
Product master materials/applications map

## Confidence
High

## Parent Material Category
Metalworking / Manufacturing Fine Dusts

## Filter Direction
M-Class/PTFE/antistatic/HEPA depending on metal, dust fineness, volume, and reactive/combustible properties

## Routing
Metalworking; Fine Dust; Combustible Dust; HEPA; Central Vacuum

## Compliance Note
Some metal powders are combustible/reactive; avoid treating all metal dust the same

## Parent Material Family Id
MF-05

## Parent Material Family Name
Conductive or Reactive Metal Powder

## Material Family Mapping Confidence
High

## Material Family Mapping Signals
- reactive metal
- metal powder

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## Related public entities
- **contains material:** Aluminum dust

## Selection and support boundary
This reference supports discovery, qualification, and routing. It does not replace application-specific engineering, safety, hazardous-location, combustible-dust, chemical-compatibility, sanitation, or compliance review.

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