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Re: [OM] Drying agents for photo equipment storage containers

Subject: Re: [OM] Drying agents for photo equipment storage containers
From: Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 15:00:03 -0400
At 7:36 PM +0100 10/12/02, Julian Davies wrote:
> >So, my current solution is to put the damp-gone bag at >the bottom of the
>container, put some kind of floor with >feet over it, and pile the gear on
>top of this floor.  That >way, the dust stays below.  One caould also put a
>cotton >towel on the floor, to act as an added dust barrier.  This >solution
>works only for static storage, not for >portable .use.
>
>I'd be concerned about the dust - barrier effectiveness of cotton in a
>(deliberately!) dry atmosphere. Isn't this stuff meant for drying out
>basements and garages? Silica gel isn't expensive enough to risk the
>possible corrosive effects, surely?
>
>Are there any chemists in the house? would this combination have a vapour
>pressure, and therefore diffuse independently of dust suppression?

Not to worry.  Calcium chloride is a solid, with properties similar to sodium 
chloride (table salt).  These melt somewhere just short of a red heat.

Joe


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