Silica gel is a household name commonly found in our daily lives as small packets within shoeboxes, electronics, or food packaging like vitamin bottles and beef jerky bags. These packets are also used to keep dry the rapid COVID tests you purchase at the drugstore. Silica gel is not only helpful in keeping consumer goods […]

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 […]