The storage question - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

17 Aug 2007

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 From: "Jason T" <silent700 at
gmail.com>
Subject: Re: The storage question
On 8/16/07, Andrew Burton <aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
  Where can you buy silica gel for home/storage
use? Here's a small pack.  There ought to be larger ones out there somewhere:
http://www.amazon.com/Olympus-SILICA-5-Silica-gel-pack/dp/B00014K3WK
The storage facility where I've rented sells pint-sized pots of
"moisture absorber," which appears to be just a plastic container of
silica with a vented top. 
For rust prevention, has anyone tried volatile corrosion inhibitors? A suitable-looking
one is the "Small Enclosed-Area Corrosion Inhibitors and Corrosive-Gas Absorber"
(http://www.mcmaster.com/, catalog page 2049, $13 for one good up to 11 cu.ft) or those at
http://www.theinhibitor.com/ .
The one at McMaster-Carr says it is good for electrical enclosures, but I wonder if there
are any harmful effects on plastics or IC's.

Bob