3a molecular sieve is better in my opinion. It doesn't need filtered off , doesn't leave crap in your acetone. It's reusable and can dry acetone down to 10s of ppm. It works in freezing Temps and it can dehydrate silica, itself being a drying agent. It is inert to everything, magnesium sulphate reacts with somethings and drying it sucks. If you don't breAK it down every 20 minutes, it turns to stone so hard you can't break it with a hammer
3a molecular sieve is better in my opinion. It doesn't need filtered off , doesn't leave crap in your acetone. It's reusable and can dry acetone down to 10s of ppm. It works in freezing Temps and it can dehydrate silica, itself being a drying agent. It is inert to everything, magnesium sulphate reacts with somethings and drying it sucks. If you don't breAK it down every 20 minutes, it turns to stone so hard you can't break it with a hammer
Put it in the oven on a cookie sheet at 400°for for a couple hours ( higher if you dare, but your oven will smoke you out)
will 300C or 350C for a bit longer suffice?
That's hotter than the Temps I said. 300°C is 572°f. There is a temperature that's too hot, but I don't remember what it was, hotter than I felt my oven should go. There isn't any actual "activation " that is a chemical process, activation just means drying it. My best advice is follow the manufacturers instructions
i assumed you meant celcius.
thanks for the advice. i completely agree with you about the ease of using sieves instead of magnesium.
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