Silica gel is a drying agent that often comes in the form of small, clear beads or clear rock crystals placed in small packets made of paper or cloth. These packets are often packaged with commercial ...

Water damage is one of the more common threats to portable electronics, but sometimes if you dry them out properly, you can restore your otherwise broken device. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past ...

Everyone knows those small bags of forbidden “Do not eat” candy that come with fresh rolls of FDM filament as well as a wide range of other products. Containing usually silica gel but sometimes also ...

When you buy a new electronic appliance, shoes, medicines or even some food items, you often find a small paper sachet with the warning: "silica gel, do not eat." Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

Active packaging is a primary concern when developing and packaging pharmaceutical products, particularly, when it comes to the sorbent, or desiccant, you use. Desiccants are an essential part of ...

While cold-form, foil-foil (aluminumaluminum) blister packaging is considered the most moisture-protective packaging available, in fact, plastic containers such as bottles and tubes, when combined ...

Silica gel is the most common desiccant. It is a form of silica or silicon dioxide (SiO 2); the same material that makes up quartz sand. Its ability to absorb moisture arises from the numerous small ...

U.S. farmers are saturating wheat crops with the herbicide Roundup as a desiccant before each harvest, causing an increase in wheat-related ailments. RoundUp (glyphosate) is sometimes used as a ...

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