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  2. List of desiccants - Wikipedia

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    Calcium chloride; Calcium hydride; Calcium oxide; Calcium sulfate (Drierite) Cobalt(II) chloride; Copper(II) sulfate; Lithium chloride; Lithium bromide; Magnesium ...

  3. Water softening - Wikipedia

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    The waste waters eluted from the ion-exchange column containing the unwanted calcium and magnesium salts are typically discharged to the sewage system. [3] Recharge typically takes the following steps: [11] Backwash: Water is directed through the resin in the direction opposite to that of normal flow, and the output is sent to a drain for disposal.

  4. Desiccant - Wikipedia

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    Other common desiccants include activated charcoal, calcium sulfate, calcium chloride, and molecular sieves (typically, zeolites). Desiccants may also be categorized by their type, either I, II, III, IV, or V. These types are a function of the shape of the desiccant's moisture sorption isotherm. Alcohols and acetones are also dehydrating agents.

  5. Drying tube - Wikipedia

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    A variety of empty glass drying tubes. When used, they are packed with a desiccant, usually calcium chloride. A drying tube or guard tube is a tube-like piece of apparatus used to house a disposable solid desiccant, wherein at one end the tube-like structure terminates in a ground glass joint for use in connecting the drying tube to a reaction vessel, for the purpose of keeping the vessel free ...

  6. Dry box - Wikipedia

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    A simple dry box can consist of nothing more than a sealed, airtight box containing a desiccant, such as silica gel or anhydrous calcium chloride. These can be easily built at relatively low cost. These can be easily built at relatively low cost.

  7. Bittern (salt) - Wikipedia

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    Nigari is produced from seawater after first removing sodium chloride. It contains mostly magnesium chloride, smaller amounts of magnesium sulfate (Epsom salt), potassium chloride, calcium chloride, and trace amounts of other naturally occurring salts. Nigari was the first coagulant used to make tofu in Japan. [5]

  8. Alkali Lake Chemical Waste Dump - Wikipedia

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    Alkali Lake Chemical Waste Dump is a hazardous waste disposal site near the southwest edge of Alkali Lake, a seasonally dry playa in Lake County, Oregon. It is in the Summer Lake watershed. [1] The site has been the focus of Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) efforts to remediate a complex mix of toxic chemicals. Problems were ...

  9. Dehumidifier - Wikipedia

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    A typical "portable" dehumidifier can be moved about on built-in casters. A dehumidifier is an air conditioning device which reduces and maintains the level of humidity in the air. [1] This is done usually for health or thermal comfort reasons or to eliminate musty odor and to prevent the growth of mildew by extracting water from the air. It ...