Which risk increases when powdered aluminum is dispersed in air during industrial processing?

💡 Explanation

When aluminum powder is dispersed in air, the significantly increased surface area allows rapid exothermic oxidation which vastly increases combustion rate because of faster radical formation and heat feedback. Therefore explosive combustion results, rather than agglomeration, quenching prevention, or hydrolysis, which depend on different factors.

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