Silica Gel Beads (IMAGE)

Southwest Research Institute

Silica Gel Beads

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SwRI researchers are using these silica gel beads as part of a low-cost, large-scale meth-od to harvest water molecules from the air. As they expel moisture, they turn from blue to pink.

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Southwest Research Institute

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