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- From: zrepachol@cc.curtin.edu.au
- Subject: Re: renewing silica gel
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.000151.1@cc.curtin.edu.au>
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- Organization: Curtin University of Technology
- References: <1993Jan23.002419.17045@cello.hpl.hp.com>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 15:01:51 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan23.002419.17045@cello.hpl.hp.com>, jacobson@cello.hpl.hp.com (David Jacobson) writes:
- >
- > I've come into possesion a quite large packet of silica gel, perhaps 6
- > to 8 ounces, that once kept moisture out of an HP X-terminal during
- > shipment. I would like to use this for keeping my photo equipment
- > dry, especially now that California has gotten confused with Seattle.
- > (Ie its been raining for a several weeks straight.) I understand that
- > I can re-activitate the silica gel by putting it in the oven at x
- > degrees for y hours. What are the accepted values of x and y?
- >
- > -- David Jacobson
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- 150C for 8hr according to the Fisher Catalogue.
-
- ~Paul
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