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How is the hydration state of a chemical related to its adsorption of water?
I am trying to understand adsorption and hydration states better, and I was thinking about the different hydration states of calcium sulfate - anhydrous ($\ce{CaSO4}$), hemihydrate ($\ce{CaSO4*1/2H2O}$...
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Hygroscopic Substances and Drying Agents
My book says:
Most of the hygroscopic substances are drying agents
Based on what I read on several websites, I think dehydrating agents also act as drying agents. If so, all dehydrating agents ...
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How does water freeze and crystallize on a cold superhydrophobic surface?
Superhydrophobic surfaces are nano-structured to "repel" liquid water and there has been a lot of work done to understand the microscopics of wetting of these nanostructures.
What I currently am ...
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Relative strength of desiccants
Is it meaningful to characterize the relative strength of desiccants? For example, is there a measure of hygroscopy, or an ordering of desiccants, such that higher ones will always dry lower ones?
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