Vadodara, Gujarat, India, 17th January 2014-Sorbead India just announced the bulk production of high quality silica adsorbents and desiccants. Silica gel is a desiccant par excellence. Silica adsorbents can be defined as granular substance derived from Silicon dioxide and presents itself in a translucent and hard granules form. The appearance of the desiccant is that of crystals or beads. Microscopically, the substance has porous structure and has interlocking molecular features that provide for a very large surface area that gives it the desiccant nature and that too of a high degree.
Company is confident about its working. One of their officials deeply explained the whole procedure. The gel accumulates water vapour on its surface due to a very low internal vapour pressure until it attains an equal pressure system where there is no further adsorption possible. These adsorbents can be used at places where water vapour damages goods and machinery. These desiccants can be easily discovered in the form of sachets that are proportional to the volume of water vapour to be adsorbed. The new range of desiccants introduced by them is powerful of absorbing 40% of the original weight of the desiccant. The principle of adsorption is simple as it all is driven by the law of affinity. Water is attracted to its low density and high surface area structures. The gel is available in two types: Indicative and non-indicative gels, indicative ones change colour with adsorption.
There are various varieties available. These include blue and orange silica gel which is indicative one and plain-white which are non-indicative. The applications of these desiccants are in various industries where moisture trapping is required at various stages of the manufacturing process. The material produced is non-toxic, DMF free and is reusable making them very cost effective in long term use. The products offered by the company are a broad spectrum of desiccants and adsorbents that meet the highest industrial standards. Silica gel finds varied uses in various fields. It is been used as a breather transformers in electricity board. It is used in air industries as air dryer and anti-cracking agent. It is also used for purification purposes of natural gas in gas industries.