What happens to a powder when it is dispersed in the air?

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what a gas is like. How would you compare it to how powder acts(when dispersed into the air)?
 
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What do you know about gas? About solid? About ideal gas?
 
A gas is such because, in the environment it is in, the temperature is above its boiling point. For example oxygen on earth. If you have a powder, then clearly it is a solid and will not disperse in the air the way a gas would.

You can look up boiling points on some periodic tables or the internet.