Why is lycopodium200 used?

Answer 1

The term Lycopodium is also used to describe the yellowish, powdery spores of certain club mosses, especially Lycopodium clavatum, used in the past in fireworks, photographic flash powder, fingerprint powders, as a covering for pills and explosives. The term "Lycopodium mask" is sometimes used to describe a type of flamethrower-mask worn by some music bands or artists on stage. In physics experiments, the powder is also used to make sound-waves in air visible for observation and measurement, and to make a pattern of electrostatic charge visible. For example, Chester Carlson used lycopodium powder in his early experiments to demonstrate xerography. It is also used as an ice cream stabilizer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycopodium