Chemistry
Why is fused calcium chloride and not potassium chloride kept in a desiccator?
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Fused calcium chloride is deliquescent in nature, absorbs moisture and hence used as drying agent or desiccating agent but KCl (potassium chloride) has no such property hence cannot be used as a desiccator.
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