| silica gel |
a porous form of silica that is highly absorbent
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a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechartelierite
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| silicate |
a salt or ester derived from silicic acid
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| silica gel |
Silica gel is a granular, porous form of silica made synthetically from sodium silicate. Despite the name, silica gel is a solid. It is usually distributed in the form of beads, which are packaged in a semi-permeable packet. It was created at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland in the 1920s. Its high porosity, around 800 m²/g, allows it to adsorb water readily, making it useful as a desiccant (drying agent). ...
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| silica |
(SILL-uh-kuh) ?A substance found in rocks, sand, and quartz as well as some workplaces.
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