Many of us have found many times small packing inside our packages that we bought from outside but around 80% of the population does not have any idea regarding these small bags's packing. Some of the children confuse these packs with some eating food but this is not true.
These small packs that we found mostly inside our shoes boxes are known as Desiccant Packs and these Desiccant Packs are mostly kept inside the packages that contain the things from which long life has been demanded at the utmost. The main motive of using these packs is to maintain the original form and structure of the product and to preserve its quality while the products remain in the closed boxes.
Desiccant Packs are of great importance in the preservation of main product but there are some drawbacks related to this. Desiccant Packs have the feature of absorbing any odour and thus the packages are all found all overfed with the bad smell of factories. Also these Desiccant Packs can easily make their contact with moisture, fungi, and bacteria and thus are very harmful for the product regarding the squeal of this combination.
The main property of Desiccant Packs i.e. they can be used again and again makes these packs superior and the procedure require in making them enable for their reuse is to simply keep them in the oven for 2-4 minutes. If there is no availability of oven then you can also make the use of sunlight for the reuse of Desiccant Packs.
Main Types:
There are various sorts of Desiccant Packs that are available and here is the description of each according to their use.
-Silica Gel
This is the main Desiccant Pack that has been approved by FDA in making the use of this in food and pharmaceutical products. Silica Gel pack works at its best at the room temperature but its action can become worst at 220 degree F.
Silica gel is mainly available in the form of silicon dioxide but is prepared in the granular form for making its use in the form of Desiccant Packs.
-Indicating Silica Gel:
This Desiccant Pack is almost similar to original silica gel but the difference is there and that is its colour change when it comes in contact with the moisture. In less moisture it remains purple in colour but with increasing moisture content it tends to change its colour to pink.
Due to the reason of having cobalt chloride action it is not proffered to make the use of it in consumable products.
Other Desiccant Packs that are available are the molecular sieve, activated charcoal and montmorillonite clay.
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