Friday, 28 March 2014

The best thing to use silica as desiccant is that it can be reused even after it is fully contaminated by heating it over certain temperature. One drawback that these desiccants have is that it cannot be used loosely. Usually it is used by packing them in small packets. But what about huge containers? In...

Wednesday, 19 March 2014

Desiccant like Silica gel cannot be used loosely. It has to be packed in form of packets. Now, the sizes of the packets differ from time to time. According to the requirement these silica gel packets are given shape and size. Like, when you purchase a leather jacket you must have seen a small packet somewhere...

Monday, 17 March 2014

Among all the desiccants, silica gel is rated as the best one.  It is basically amorphous form of silicon dioxide. These are hard irregular beads which has high capacity surface area to not only absorb water molecules but also lock it inside them. It is available in three variants that is blue, white...

Thursday, 6 March 2014

Silica Gel is always considered as the best desiccant among all. It is said as better than the others as it has more absorption capacity. It has the capacity to absorb 40% moisture of its weight. Also, once it has sufficiently absorbed moisture to that level that it cannot absorb more, it indicates that...