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How Silica Gel Took over the World

How Silica Gel Took over the World

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·March 31, 2025

NaOH

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 - April 2025 (171 comment)

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robertlagrant

> 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

Surely nitrogen is cheaper than noble gases?

robertlagrant

Oh yes also nitrogen.

freemoney

this is a piece of knowledge I didn't know I needed