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The calculated fraction, fdust(X) of the total abundance of X = {Mg, Si, Fe} that is locked up in thermally-condensed dust (grey bars), is compared to observed values in the cool (blue) and hot (red) phases of the interstellar medium (Savage & Sembach 1996).
