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Imagine that you are a scientist studying a mineral that occurs on a foreign planet. Preliminary analyses indicate that this mineral is combustible, and you have been asked to characterize this mineral's potential as an energy source for people on earth. What information would you need before you could characterize the potential advantages and disadvantages of the mineral as an energy source?


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