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'Keep it Dry' with SORBSIL® Desiccant Silica Gel
SORBSIL® desiccants remove contaminants, improve the quality and expand the shelf-life of a wide range of consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, defence systems, electric and electronic systems, petrochemicals, and other specialty chemicals, helping to offer the best solution to our customers needs. The exposure of items to moisture during production, shipment and storage, can result in expensive and widespread damage such as rust, mould or microbial growth. SORBSIL® silica gels provide protection by adsorbing airborne moisture, thereby lowering the relative humidity in the local environment to safe levels at which damage will not occur. Hydrocarbon gases are frequently contaminated with moisture, carbon dioxide and keytones. It is important that these impurities and extraneous hydrocarbon molecules be removed or separated SORBSIL® can be used to remove unwanted components, including moisture and heavy hydrocarbons, from natural gas. Current uses of SORBSIL® desiccants include: pharmaceutical stoppers, laboratory desiccators, diagnostic and medical equipment, transformer tank breathers, gas drying and refining, and protection of the following; electronic & telecommunications equipment, photographic and optical equipment, engines, clothing and leather goods, food, flowers and goods and packaging during transportation and storage. SORBSIL® silica gel is easy to handle, even when saturated with water, and is suitable for food and drug contact. It is inert and once spent can be disposed of easily. Alternatively SORBSIL® desiccant can be regenerated to afford new moisture protection by simply reheating within specified levels.
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History of SORBSIL® Desiccant Gel
For more than 70 years, INEOS Silicas (formerly Joseph Crosfield & Sons) has been producing SORBSIL® desiccant silica gel at its Warrington facility, offering a variety of innovative solutions to meet tough customer requirements. Throughout this time the SORBSIL® brand has become synonymous with quality offering the lead in moisture protection and purification. In the 1930's, INEOS Silicas introduced a blue moisture indicating silica gel based on Cobalt dichloride. In the late 1990's new directives such as 98/98/EC classified cobalt chloride and any substances that contain cobalt chloride as a Class 2 carcinogen. 98/98/EC became effective on 1 July 2000, and imposes strict environmental safety procedures on the handling and disposal of all substances containing cobalt chloride. In response to these changes in classification, INEOS Silicas successfully developed an alternative non-cobalt chloride indicating silica gel, SORBSIL® desiccant, CHAMELEON®. In 2003, INEOS Silicas received a Queens Award for Innovation, for the development and sales of SORBSIL® CHAMELEON®. |
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