There is various type of air drying desiccants available in the market. The most popular and widely used desiccant is silica gel. It also comes in three variants that is orange, white and blue. Among the three orange and blue are termed as the color changing gel. This is because after absorbing moisture, the granules changes its color indicating that the desiccant granule is contaminated and needs to be replaced. Another reason which makes it more popular is that once it is fully contaminated it can be reused again by heating it over 300oC. The other type of desiccant is molecular sieves. Its properties are quite similar with that of silica gel. Advantage of using it over other desiccants is that its absorption speed is more and has more resistance against contamination.
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Silica gel is a solid material and is a wonderful moisture adsorbent used for storage purposes. Silica gel usually comes in 3 variants consisting of blue, white and orange. The reason of the increased popularity of the substance is its incomparable humidity adsorbing capability. It possesses the capacity to adsorb 40 percent humidity of its weight even when it is placed in an environment having 100 percent humidity. Among all the variants of silica gel white silica gel has the highest and the quickest adsorbing capacity. When the beads of silica gel are used in packets, those are termed as silica gel packets. It is very useful and helps in reducing the humidity and works by maintaining the product quality of the product. As it is an absolutely nontoxic substance, it is used by many food and storage industries. It is also a major constituent of pharmaceutical industry.
Apart from this, industries like leather and gas companies also look upon it for moisture elimination purposes. Moisture is the biggest enemy as it encourages the growth of mold and fungi. Being highly porous and nonflammable substance its use is encountered in the day to day work. The best thing about silica gel is that it can be reused. When it indicates that it is fully used, heating it to a certain temperature brings it back to its original state and thus can be reused. Also the Silica gel packet is available in various sizes which make it flexible in use.
It is also frequently use in vacuum packing, textile industry, API packing and diagnostic kits. You can find many companies for Silica gel in India. The companies produce it in bulk and the products can be ordered online too. Gradually, silica gel has become the benchmark for durability and usefulness and hence the demand for silica gel packets has increased tremendously. It proved to be of great use starting from all the household items to the industrial leather products. One thing that has to be kept in mind while selecting the company for silica gel packets is that a proper check should be performed that the substance has FDA Standards or not.
Thursday, 26 December 2013
For the starters, silica gel is a synthetic amorphous, porous or granulated product. It has a hard irregular bead crystal appearance. It is used for various applications in varying industries. It is created by the chemical reaction between Sodium Silicate and Sulphuric acid.
Advantages of using silica gel as a desiccant
- Silica gel is non-flammable, non-toxic, non-corrosive and odorless.
- It can be reused by regenerating and has a very high lifetime, if stored air-tight. Heating the gel would remove the absorbed fluid and thus it can be reused.
- It can absorb about 40% of its own weight.
- It is inert to other materials.
- The absorption capacity is 35% higher than that of other clay desiccants.
- It can be packed in varying sizes for different applications.
- When it comes to weight and efficiency, silica gel is a better choice than other desiccant.
- The physical features of the product do not change on absorbing the fluid. In some cases, the beads are made to turn to another color, to indicate the presence of fluid.
Friday, 20 December 2013
Sunday, 15 December 2013
The silica gel can be used to protect several of items from moisture. The following list represents some elements commonly protected.
- Tool boxes
- Storage containers
- Safes and vaults
- Silver drawer
- Firearms
- Photos
- Stored vehicles
- Cargo holds on RVs, boats, etc
- Collectibles (stamps, coins, etc.)
- Computer
- Metal and machine parts
- Industrial equipment
- Pharmaceuticals and vitamins
- Electronics
- Military instruments
- Circuit Boards
- Documents
- Instruments
- Photographic equipment and film
- Foodstuffs
- Batteries
- Pet foods
- Optical devices
- Medical equipment
- Leather products
- Textiles
- Seeds
- Jewelry
Contact Sorbead India for putting your order of silica gel. Our toll free number is 1800-233-2677 .
Monday, 9 December 2013
SorbeadIndia is manufacturing and distributing a wide range of silica gel breather transformer this is used to protect transformer oil from moisture risk. Silica Gel Blue Crystals/Beads and Orange Beads are manufactured using quality materials as per the necessary industry standards. Our silica gel breathers are accessible in different specifications and quantities as per client’s condition.
Silica Gel Breathers holds indicating type blue and orange. It is available in crystal and beads forms. Usually we are contains all size of silica gel blue spherical and beads forms. It is available in 1-2mm, 1-3mm, 2-4mm, 2-5mm, 3-5mm, 3-6mm, 4-8m. Other Silica Gel blue crystals and granular available in 1-3mesh, 3-4mesh, 5-8mesh, Silica Gel Orange Beads available in 2-5mm, 3-5mm, 4-8mm.
Usually power Generation companies are using silica gel breathers fitted to the conservator of oil filled transformers. When transformer is doing breathing process, silica gel breather is absorbing the moisture in the air sucked.
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Silica gel is form of silicon dioxide made unnaturally from sodium silicate. Silica gel is solid and tough; it is harder than common household gels like gelatin. As a desiccant, it has an average pore size. Normally silica gel is used in small beads paper packet. In this form, it is used as a desiccant to control humidity of belongings.
Electronic goods and devices have faced many problems from humidity, silica packets will help a lot for absorbing humidity from them. Silica gel packets are controlling moisture by temperature. Silica also used for leather items to avoid fungous growth. For many reasons will be highlighted with the warning of “DO NOT EAT”. It is believed that silica crystals can cause frustration to the human body and cause various side effects in human. Because of this reason it is advised to keep away from children.
Basically silica gel is porous sand. Silica gel is containing 40% absorption of moisture regarding its weight. You can also reuse silica gel pouches once wet has dried off; reheating them on 300 degrees makes them reusable. There are many companies who manufacturer and suppliers of silica gel packets, pouches. Basically industries are purchase silica gel packets in bulk order for getting good discounts. You can get price list from internet also, or you can also fill up inquiries page on website and get brief detail of it. like sorbeadindia is one of the reputed company for purchasing silica gel.
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