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ABSTRACT

1.INTRODUCTION

2.INTERSTELLAR DUST MODELS

2.1.What constitutes an interstellar dust model?

2.2.Observational constraints in the local ISM

2.3.Interstellar dust models with cosmic abundances constraints

2.4.Results and astrophysical implications

2.5.Should there be a universal dust model?

3.THE EVOLUTION OF DUST

3.1.Dust sources and relative contributions

3.2.Dust processing in the ISM

3.3.The destruction of SN condensates by the reverse shock

3.4.Putting it all together in an idealized evolutionary model

4.WHEN DO GALAXIES BECOME FIRST OPAQUE?

5.SUMMARY

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