First let me apologize for this noob question, but I haven't been able to find a clear answer anywhere. I've come across this expression "Y was dried
over desiccant X", etc... many times in the literature, but I don't understand what it means to dry something "over" a desiccant.
When I try to dry a solvent or such I usually just put the desiccant into the solvent, so how do you dry it by putting the solvent
above the desiccant somehow?Texium - 19-6-2021 at 17:07
Drying over means putting the desiccant into the solvent. Generally the desiccant sinks to the bottom, thus the solvent is "over" it.
[Edited on 6-20-2021 by Texium]njl - 19-6-2021 at 17:08
It is also (perhaps incorrectly) used to mean drying a product in a sealed vessel containing the drying agent.S.C. Wack - 19-6-2021 at 19:04
It's always obvious, thus no explanations.Monoamine - 20-6-2021 at 12:18
