Where Can Silicone Desiccant Be Used?

Silicone is a desiccant that is usually packaged in small clear beads or clear crystals in small paper or cloth bags. These sachets are often packaged with commercial products to protect them from moisture damage. Silicone packets are used for a variety of products, including food, clothing and electronics.
Silicone is generally non-toxic, but can cause choking in children. YAMTOP shows you some facts about Silicone (silica gel).

Common uses of silicone

1 Power Generation Sector

In power transformers, silica gel is used as a desiccant to keep moisture out of the oil and to maintain its standard. It prevents dielectric disintegration of the insulating oil and oxidation, both of which can lead to failure. Blue silica gel is commonly used in practice.

2 Media Sector

To operate properly, camera equipment requires careful maintenance and care. Moisture inside the camera can degrade image quality in humid environments. Using silicone to absorb moisture is a simple remedy that helps prevent fogging inside the camera lens and keeps it comfortable and dry.

3 Footwear Businesses

Changes in the environment can make it difficult for companies to preserve footwear items for long periods of time, as moisture can degrade their quality and create mold problems. Silicone can be used to avoid moisture and as an economical adsorbent for extracting moisture from storage containers and extending the life of packaging.

4 Pharmaceutical manufacturing

Silicone is also widely used in the pharmaceutical business. It extends the shelf life of medications and vitamin pills stored in bottles and cans. It also consists of a non-toxic material that absorbs moisture from inside the box. It also helps to suppress drug odors.

5 Gas electrospray

Due to its thermodynamic coherence, silica gel can be used as a refrigerant in gas electrospray. For industrial adsorption systems, it is a good substitute for absorbents. Since silica gel is a polar adsorbent with an acidic pH, it can adsorb impurities in materials that need to be purified or separated.

Limitations of silica

Despite silica's large sampling rate, there are some drawbacks to its use.
Even at slightly elevated temperatures, silica can emulsify in moist/organic media, even under moderately alkaline conditions.
In the vicinity of phosphate and carbonate ions, silica will hydrolyze.
At pH 4.5, the siloxane bond is brittle, and it becomes more unbalanced as the pH decreases.
The base of silicon dioxide, Si - 0 - is hydrolyzed at pH 8.
At temperatures above 104 degrees Fahrenheit, silica hydrolyzes.

Activated alumina and silica

Activated alumina has a lower specific surface area than silica and the adsorption capacity varies considerably with relative humidity. Activated alumina is mainly used in heatless recovery dehumidifiers because of its adsorption properties.
Silica gel has a higher surface area-to-weight ratio than any other form of desiccant and absorbs additional moisture than any other dehumidifier. When exposed to fog, silica gel breaks down and its adsorption capacity decreases when revitalized at extreme temperatures. Because of these drawbacks, silica gel is used less than other forms of desiccants. In hot air and gas dehumidification units, silica gel is used in conjunction with silica aluminum.

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