1. desiccant - Noun
2. desiccant - Adjective
Drying; desiccative.
A medicine or application for drying up a sore.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBags of silica gel desiccant were inadvertently left in the air intake after maintenance. Source: Internet
Cohen, Julius B. Practical Organic Chemistry MacMillan 1930 Anhydrous calcium chloride is used as a desiccant for drying a wide variety of solvents since it is inexpensive and does not react with most nonaqueous solvents. Source: Internet
See also main * Free energy of solvation * Solvents are often refluxed with an appropriate desiccant prior to distillation to remove water. Source: Internet
Ether holds the last bit of water so tenaciously that only a very powerful desiccant such as sodium metal added to the liquid phase can result in completely dry ether. Source: Internet
Most foods can be preserved in soil that is very dry and salty (thus a desiccant) such as sand, or soil that is frozen. Source: Internet
Since nori sheets easily absorb water from the air and degrade, a desiccant is indispensable when storing it for any significant time. Source: Internet