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How Silica Gel Took over the World

• freemoney 2y ago
  this is a piece of knowledge I didn't know I needed
• robertlagrant 2y ago
  > Thanks to Brad Avenson for suggesting (facetiously) that we fill our products & packaging with “dry, inert gas,” This is what we do with crisp packets. Noble gases don't let the crisps go rancid.
  • pfdietz 2y ago
    Surely nitrogen is cheaper than noble gases?
    • robertlagrant 2y ago
      Oh yes also nitrogen.
• NaOH 2y ago
  This appears to have reached the second-chance pool even though another submission of the same article generated ample discussion a couple days ago. How Silica Gel Took Over the World - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43550556 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43550556 - April 2025 (171 comment)
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