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Melting and clumped accumulation (accretion) of dust particles at high temperatures (up to 2,000 Kelvin [~1,727 °C]) in the protoplanetary disk formed crystallized silicate spheres known as ...

PQ ( a leading global producer of silicates, silicas and derivative products, announced that it has completed the acquisition ...