Relation between dust mass, stellar mass, SFR, and metallicity in correlation with the total mass of the galaxy and the IMF for an epoch at 400 Myr. Left panel: dust mass M_d(t) versus stellar mass M_∗(t). Middle panel: dust mass M_d(t) versus SFR ψ(t). Right panel: dust mass M_d(t) versus metallicity Z(t). The dark grey shaded area marks the dust masses M_d(t) obtained with a “maximum” SN dust production efficiency ϵ_max(m) and no dust destruction in the ISM (M_cl = 0 M_⊙). The light grey shaded area marks dust masses M_d(t) for the “low” SN dust production efficiency ϵ_low(m) with dust destruction in the ISM (M_cl = 800 M_⊙). Cross points of the thin white lines indicate the data points for each IMF and mass M_ini of the galaxy. The coloured filled circles signify the dust masses obtained for a “high” SN efficiency ϵ_high(m) and a dust destruction in the ISM with M_cl = 100 M_⊙. The size of the circles is scaled by the initial mass M_ini of the galaxy. The black, green, cyan, magenta, and blue colors denote the Salpeter, mass-heavy, top-heavy, Larson 1, and Larson 2 IMF, respectively.