hydroxides for drying

[PolytheneSam]

http://www3.overture.com/d/sr/?xargs=00u3hs9yoaj0UOQSDCRRAjTyhrlAwXRS1NF2ugXiTIKxqMJHjEC3s41t2Zyfy/e6UG3tUPBIQyrfbJJjeh16Jzs7Z64Tt7fMDgzNt045IUHttTGi/wCoWxEvuy5B3oeLbc0tV0p1wnzFfTFEqrB2wxT8JkVELYXclpiM94edcvCpT+YRtXVoXrqhjAALDY4Ill/imtiGKoKB9BQoM=

Edit after locking thread:  One thing I should say is that I found KOH to be a lot more hygroscopic than NaOH.  Some KOH I had absorbed so much water that it formed a solution and overflowed out of the container which had a cap that wasn't perfectly air tight.
http://www.geocities.com/dritte123/PSPF.html

[Rhodium]

Oh, this is so off topic now I'm gonna scream.

[timsong]

Oh man that's tripped me back, I remember having that 'cats big hat' book when I was a kid