Silica gel is put through a carefully controlled drying process that turns the liquid in the gel into gas.

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Combustion scientist Herman Snyder took charge of scaling up the drying process.

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The spray jets have now been switched off four weeks from the official opening of the Mary Rose Museum before the hull undergoes the technical drying process.

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Red chiles have a smokier, more full-bodied flavour that comes from the process of drying them out on the vine.

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Amid the long process of drying out and sorting through claims, a group of leading insurers gathered in London on Thursday September 13th to unveil a joint initiative to address climate change.

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