give me a break dude.
Well, what I don't understand is why a so called "professional student" can't take some initiative and make their way to the library to do their own research, it's good to get a little exercise :) Adsorption is a surface phenomena, the interface is the solid NaOH and the water present in solution. As the process advances, a layer of NaOH saturated water can be observed. If you would have done the simple experiment as I asked, you would have observed the crystals adsorbing the water from the air, and as you may have heard, "a picture is worth a thousand words". CRC doesn't list a hydrate, so the process you've theorized is probably not the case. I imagine hydrogen bonding is at work (big surprise :) }, the equilibrium is driven toward a saturated solution.
no shit lugh. i dont need to do the 'experiment' because i've seen it a hundred times. i understand what adsorption is, and hydrogen bonding. i would say
f :) ckoff, but i'll just say goodbye.
Whatever floats your boat
If you knew the answer, why start this thread? If you believe there are only 38 drying agents known to organic chemists, you need to expand your horizons :) Hydroxides have been used as drying agents for almost two centuries, this fact isn't exactly the breakthrough of the century :)
Who is Dr. Suess?
A very famous author of children's books. Should be some info at amazon.com :)
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