Silica gel is a solid form of silicon dioxide, or SiO2, and it is actually more granular and hard than it is a gel. Silica gel is specifically synthesized to be highly porous, which is what gives it its adsorbing capabilities. Additionally, SiO2 is a polar compound, which allows it to preferentially adsorb other polar […]

Park Ridge, Illinois – Interra Global, the world’s premier providers of high-quality bulk desiccants and adsorbents, has announced that they will be playing a crucial role in the fight against COVID-19. They will be supplying the desiccant, mSORB® molecular sieve, for use in the packets that keep COVID-19 tests dry before usage. Excessive moisture can […]

What is Molecular Sieve? Molecular sieves are synthetic zeolite materials engineered with pores of precise and uniform structure and size. This allows them to preferentially adsorb gases and liquids based on molecular size and polarity. Zeolites are naturally existing, highly porous crystalline solids, belonging to the class of chemicals known as aluminosilicates. There are four […]

Activated alumina, like most commercial desiccant material, is not harmful to people or the environment. Activated alumina is a porous solid made of aluminum oxide, or Al2O3. Though non-toxic, aluminum oxide is mildly irritating to skin and eyes with too much exposure. Please, do not eat. Fun Fact: The crystalline form of Al2O3 is attributed […]

Activated alumina is a porous, solid form of aluminum oxide, otherwise known as Al2O3 or alumina. This is the same mineral that makes up the precious gems ruby and sapphire, with impurities being the source of the stones’ bright colors. After activated alumina has been evacuated of existing moisture by heating it, the high surface […]

3.17.2020 Dear Valued Customers and Friends, In these dynamic times, we want to share a current Status of Operations at Interra Global. Operational Update COVID-19: Supply Chain Production – all factories that we work with have returned to pre-Chinese New Year production levels. Logistics – we are seeing our products move both by truck and […]

Park Ridge, Illinois – Interra Global has announced the addition of Suzanna Fidanovski as their new Business Analyst. Fidanovski has nine years of experience working in higher education, where she was a budget analyst at the University of Illinois at Chicago. During that time, she implemented a standardized month-end reconciliation process for multiple business units, […]

Park Ridge, Illinois – Interra Global announced the hiring of Nicole Gochev as the newest member of their Operations Team. Having worked at multiple companies in the cargo and transport industries, Gochev brings eight years of operational and logistics experience to the company. Her responsibilities included planning, organizing, negotiating, and booking loads as well as preparing […]

Park Ridge, Illinois – Interra Global announced the addition of Clay Baum to its sales team. Baum has spent the last fifteen years in the software industry. Most recently, he was a customer success director at Oracle. At this position, Baum was responsible for ensuring customer satisfaction and renewal revenue for the state of New York […]

Park Ridge, Illinois – We have improved our blue painted steel drums in favor of more environmentally friendly zinc plated packaging drums. Don’t worry, our naked drums will still offer the same high-quality products you have come to know and rely on. The size and sealing properties of the drums are also exactly the same. […]