How do those silica gel packets “keep things fresh”?

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How do those silica gel packets “keep things fresh”?

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They absorb moisture from the air around them. Thus they are used for things that should be kept dry as they’ll mitigate the effects of humidity. They don’t work indefinitely though, so you’re still supposed to keep the product somewhere relatively dry.

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