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Old 22-09-2011, 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by George Ionas View Post
In the lab we heat the silica gel in a laboratory oven to 180 degrees C for 3 hours. DO NOT do this in the home oven or microwave as CoCl2 (the blue dye) is a carcinogen.

George
I use the dessicant strips which don't hold the blue/pink die. Is it still safe to microwave them?
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