Drying Agent Data

Drying Agent Data

Drying agent Regenerated / temp in C to constant weight Applicable for Not Residual applicable for water: mg of water vapor per liter of dried air Grams of water removed per gram of desiccant

Aluminum Aluminum oxide

no yes/650** **aluminum oxide which has been used to remove peroxides must not be regenerated

Alcohols Hydrocarbons, ethers and other solvents Compounds 0.003 which contain epoxide, carbonyl or thio groups, carbon disulfide 0.2

Calcium Calcium chloride

no yes / 250

Alcohols Saturated, olefinic and aromatic hydrocarbons, alkyl halides, esters, many esters 0.14-0.25 Ammonia, amines, alcohols, aldehydes, phenols, some esters, ketones Compounds with active hydrogen 0.15-0.30

Calcium hydride

no

Gas drying, organic solvents, also ketones, esters

0.85

Calcium oxide yes / 1000

Ammonia, Acids, acid amines, alcohols, derivatives, nitrous oxide aldehydes, ketones Universal applications

0.2

0.3

Calcium sulfate yes / 190-230

0.07

0.07

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Magnesium Magnesium oxide

no yes / 800

Alcohols Basic liquids, hydrocarbons, alcohols Inert gases, air, ammonia Acidic compounds 0.008 0.45

Magnesium perchlorate

yes / 240 @ 0.1 mbar

Organic substances (explosion hazard)

0.0005

0.24

Magnesium sulfate

yes / first to 200 then red heat

Almost all compounds including acids, acid derivatives, aldehydes and ketones The application is dependent on the pore diameter, wide application for gases and liquids Basic solvents (e. Acids g. ammonia, amines), nitriles, chlorinated hydrocarbons, acetone Basic liquids (e.g. Acids, esters, amines) amides, phenols

1.0

0.15-0.75

Molecular sieves

yes / 300-350

0.001

0.2

Potassium carbonate

yes / higher than 100

0.16

Potassium hydroxide

no

0.002

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Sicacide Sulfuric acid concentrated

no

Inert neutral and acidic gases and in desiccators

Unsaturated and other organic compounds, hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen iodide Alcohols, amines, acids ketones, ethers, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen fluoride

0.003

Sicapent Phosphorus pentoxide

no

Gases, neutral and acidic saturated aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, acetylene, anhydrides, nitriles, alkyl and aryl halides, carbon disulfide and in desiccators Gas drying, wide use for organic liquids Ethers, saturated aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, tertiary amines

max. 000025

Silica gel

yes / 150-250

Hydrogen fluoride

0.002

0.2

Sodium

no

Acids, acid derivatives, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones

Sodium hydroxide

no

Basic liquids, e.g. Acids, acid amines derivatives, phenols Ethers, amines, nitriles, amides, alcohols Alkyl and aryl halides, fatty acids, esters, aldehydes, ketones Acids, acid derivatives, phenols 12 1.25

Sodium oxide

no

Sodium sulfate yes / 150

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Sodiumno potassium alloy

Ethers, saturated aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons

Acids, acid derivatives, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, alkyl and aryl halides

0.08

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