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 ...

Desiccant-based cooling and dehumidification systems employ hygroscopic materials—either solid or liquid—to remove moisture from air, decoupling latent and sensible loads and enhancing overall energy ...

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 ...

“My gardening friends are advising me to use an anti-desiccant spray on my boxwood and evergreen rhododendrons to help protect them this winter. Is this worth doing?” During the cold winter months, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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”. That little sachet is a desiccant – a ...

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 ...