Pellet facts for kids

Pellet is a term used for a small particle or grain, typically one created by compressing an original material. The term is used in a variety of specific contexts.

• Air gun pellets are non-spherical projectiles fired from air guns
• Airsoft pellets are the spherical plastic projectiles used in Airsoft guns
• The individual items of "shot" fired from a shotgun, are referred to as pellets
• In centrifugation, a pellet is the concentrated component of a mixture that had been centrifuged
• Animal feed pellets are feedstuffs produced from various raw materials and additives
• Plastic resin pellet, or nurdle
• Bird pellets are the round balls of undigested matter that some bird species occasionally regurgitate
• Wood pellets or corn pellets are used in pellet stoves
• Pelletizing is the industrial process used to create pellets - often using a pellet mill

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In Spanish: Pellet para niños