Sourcing quality Molecular Sieve material

1 pound to 10 gallons?

Negative. It’s in relation to the non-indicating i.e. 1lb indicating for every 10lbs non-indicating. As for the proportion of sieve beads to material, it largely depends on the pore size and how much water is in your solvent stream.

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A vacuum oven is required to actually remove all the water from mol sieve.

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Has anyone tried drying the sieves in a freeze dryer? I have one in my lab and thought that may work. Thoughts?

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I’ve used a house oven a bunch

@McPhet I’d just use a regular oven

the stuff i got off amazon gets hot in my hand if i add water. That means it works i think im talking just a few pebbles and yes it reacts and does it over and over with drying. I dont vac dry it just a low temp oven.

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not after burning a pizza though, im in a conundrum to use my toaster oven for food. Its for powders so far.

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I make a Tin foil boat to wrap it in so the powders aren’t exposed

Not sure if a freeze dryer would be very effective, heat is the big player in drying the sieve. Welcome to the future @McPhet!

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We stock 3A, 4A, and 10A molsieve competitively priced. Hit us up at 833PUREGAS or online at www.solventdirect.com. You can always hit me up in the dm’s here too.

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