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desiccator

Airtight vessel, traditionally made of glass, in which materials may be stored either to dry them or to prevent them, once dried, from reabsorbing moisture.

The base of the desiccator is a chamber in which is placed a substance with a strong affinity for water (such as calcium chloride or silica gel), which removes water vapour from the desiccator atmosphere and from substances placed in it.



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Veridium's Tornado Generator(TM) accelerates compressed air to supersonic speeds in a closed cyclonic chamber where the air is powerful enough to almost instantly grind, flash desiccate and atomize solid and liquid wastes and other materials into micron sized powders.
53), but here in the Southwest, anything plastic left out in the sun quickly clouds, desiccates, and cracks.
Veridium's Tornado Generator(TM) accelerates compressed air to supersonic speeds to instantly grind, flash desiccate and atomize solid and liquid wastes and other materials into micron sized powders.
 
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