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The desiccant in snack bags actually has many uses. Many people think that after the snack is opened, it is okay to throw away the desiccant, but in fact, desiccant is very useful in our lives. Mastering these "dryer paper skills" will definitely increase the happiness index of your life.
What is Desiccant?
Although we encounter desiccant every day, do you really understand what desiccant is? The desiccant is made of natural silica, which is non-toxic and stable. There is also a name for desiccant called "adsorbent". Chemically, it can be divided into calcium chloride desiccant, silica gel and montmorillonite. Stone, active mineral desiccant, fiber desiccant, etc.
The desiccant can prevent moisture, mildew and moisture. Some people fail to understand that the packaging of desiccant in food is made of plastic bags and does not have holes. How can it be used for drying?
The little packet of desiccant next to you is hard to detect, but they also have "a lot of energy" at work, and their "action" is not exactly what we think. Desiccants are divided into static drying and dynamic drying. Static drying is mainly used for moisture-proof packaging and air dehumidification, and dynamic drying is used for air drying and industrial gas dehydration refining.
According to the use of desiccant, it can be divided into three situations: small environment use, medium environment use, and large environment use.
In recent years, there have been constant news reports that the desiccant is fake and that dealers are trying to fake the weight of the product. For example, some netizens once said that the desiccant may be fake and weighed. I once bought a packet of melon seeds and found that the desiccant in this packet of melon seeds is the same. It is iron sand and is a bit heavy.
But in fact, there is a scientific basis for the existence of desiccant. They can remove moisture from the object and form hydrates to ensure that the object does not get wet in a dry environment.
Desiccants help remove odors from shoes
Unexpectedly, the desiccant can not only "dehumidify", but also "deodorize". Some people who "sweat their feet" are now blessed. The reason for smelly feet, smelly shoes, is because of bacteria and sweat on the feet. Sweat and bacteria are "stuffed" inside the shoes and cannot evaporate, so they will naturally stink.
Many people have the problem of "shoe smell", but they are unwilling to wash their shoes every day. So I'll teach you a little method. Every time you go home, keep a few bags of desiccant in the shoes you've been wearing. Basically, as long as you wait one night, the shoes will return to their original odorless appearance the next day.
Of course, if it is a rainy day and the shoes are wet when you come back from going out for a walk, you can also put the collected desiccant into the shoes so that the shoes will not get wet the next morning.
In addition, this trick can also be used in the wardrobe. Many people know that we put desiccant in our wardrobes, but in fact, we can also put desiccant in blankets, clothes. It can not only absorb moisture, but also ensure that clothes and quilts are not deformed and moldy.
Desiccant for kitchen
Housewives often have headaches, the salt in the house often hardens, and many methods do not work, so desiccant can be used here.
Salt cakes, because the kitchen environment is extremely humid, so the salt will harden when it absorbs water. But in reality, you can simply solve this problem by adding desiccant to the salt.
Some netizens have personally tested it, and it is indeed effective. They said: I have a salt shaker (plastic) in my house, and the salt does not turn into water for a long time after eating. In the past, salt was stored in porcelain jars with a small hole in the bottom for drainage.
In addition, desiccant can also repel insects, such as peanuts, dried dates, walnuts, cumin spices, etc. However, we remind everyone to be careful when adding salt, chicken essence and other foods. If the desiccant bag breaks, the poison can easily enter.
Finally, you can also put a few packets of desiccant in your homemade food. Desiccants can absorb moisture in food and prevent food from deforming or spoiling.
In fact, you can put the desiccant in any corner of your home
It's been raining in a lot of places lately, and it's always wet at home. So how do you prevent your house from getting too wet? You can put some desiccant in the corner of your home. Its hygroscopic function is relatively strong, and it will not produce excess dust during the hygroscopic process, which is harmless to human health.
The second is to be able to turn on the air conditioning and dehumidification mode, which will also play a certain role. If the weather improves, don't forget to open the windows for ventilation. When the sun is shining, open the windows to ventilate and let the sunlight shine in.
Place the desiccant packet in the jewelry box
A lot of girls have their own jewelry boxes. In order for their jewelry not to age, they have to take it to a specialty store for regular maintenance, which costs a lot of money each time.
In fact, you can easily save that money by putting a desiccant packet in your jewelry box. In practice, desiccant has proven to be very useful in slowing down oxidation in silver jewelry.
Desiccants can dehumidify car windows
There is a common concern among car enthusiasts: the car is wet on a rainy day, and the person sitting in the car feels even wetter and uncomfortable.
In addition, people who enter the car cannot be "dehumidified" first, which is also annoying for the driver. In fact, the solution to this problem is very simple, which is to put a few packets of desiccant in the car. The desiccant can absorb water in time, which is very convenient. It does work, this method is cheap and effective, and it is a very useful technique.
Absorbs moisture from your phone
What should you do if your phone accidentally falls into the water? You can wipe your phone first and then put it in a rice can or desiccant. Basically, it only takes one night to remove. The water inside the phone is completely absorbed.
Both of these methods can absorb the moisture in the phone, and the effect is also good, but it should be noted that the phone should be placed in an airtight environment with a rice cup or desiccant.
Prevent tools from rusting
In our daily life, some metal tools are easy to rust if not used regularly, which not only affects the aesthetics, but also affects the use of tools, and these rusts are very difficult to wipe off.
That's where desiccant comes in. It's the same as submerging your phone in water. Place the rusty tool and desiccant in a sealed plastic bag. After a while, the rust on the tool will be cleaned up.
But I also want to remind everyone that desiccant is not a mushroom. How much water can they absorb? There are different types of desiccant. Only a few can be reused. Most are disposable and need to be replaced frequently. Useless packets of desiccant are and will be useful in the future. It can be used perfectly if stored properly.
Desiccants are also dangerous
Although the desiccant is easy to use, families with small children should still pay attention to the fact that the desiccant is quicklime. Quicklime reacts with water, generating heat and turning into mature lime. In addition, calcium hydroxide is also corrosive.
In simple terms, quicklime reacts with water to form calcium hydroxide, which then reacts with CO2 in the air to form calcium carbonate or calcium bicarbonate. Calcium hydroxide is a moderately strong base with certain corrosiveness.
Therefore, foods or other products that typically contain desiccant must be clearly labeled with desiccant on the bottle or bag. Dispose of the package separately immediately after opening.
Earlier, a number of reports were broadcast. The children accidentally swallowed or played with the desiccant, which ended up in tragedy. The desiccant is actually a lime-like alkali that absorbs the moisture inside the package. As soon as the adult serves the snack, they will tell the child that it is poisonous, that they cannot eat it, and that they should throw it away.
Eye damage caused by desiccant in food and lime is a chemical alkali burn, which is one of the most serious eye injuries because the alkali reacts with corneal tissue saponification, making the condition more and more severe.
In addition, calcium enters the inside of the eye within 10 seconds after contact with the cornea, causing toxic damage to the tissues in the eye. Even if the cornea eventually heals, it can have some impact on visual function.
The correct operation is to rinse with plenty of water. The heat generated by the reaction of water and lime will be directly absorbed by the liquid water. There is no burning problem. As for edible oil, one is easy to contaminate, and the other is that it cannot be cleaned. Lime, besides, the human eye produces tears, so the use of oil is very wrong.
The desiccant does not explode. Such explosions were caused by improper operation. First of all, the container in which the desiccant reacts chemically with the water must be too small, which will cause the heat to be unable to dissipate and cause a vapor explosion. The solution is to use containers that are as large as possible. The amount of reactant is small, which ensures heat dissipation and does not explode.
Therefore, families with children should pay attention to the storage of desiccant, do not let children eat like candy, and everyone should remember that some so-called desiccant is only for weight gain, not for breathing at all. Any so-called desiccant with a content of more than 5% in the commodity is too fake.
Among the desiccants used in food, in addition to quartz, there is also quicklime, which can be dangerous. Therefore, it is recommended that friends who do not have relevant knowledge discard and buy silica gel desiccant if necessary.
Many people suggest that the packaging of these desiccants should be waterproof and not easy for children to break, so that it is safer. Now, the state has adjusted accordingly: we see dried sheets as white as cardboard in snacks. Pieces of paper, and now some snacks with guaranteed quality have become like this.
Life is complicated, and family affairs are complicated. These life hacks are very useful. There is life everywhere, knowledge everywhere.
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