Desiccant ya gel ya silica ni ibikoresho bikora cyane mu kuyungurura, ubusanzwe bitegurwa hakoreshejwe sodium silicate ivanze na aside sulfurike, gusaza, aside bubble hamwe n'urukurikirane rw'ibikorwa nyuma yo kuvurwa. Geli ya silica ni ikintu kidahinduka, kandi formula yayo ya shimi ni mSiO2. nH2O. Ntishongera mu mazi no mu kintu icyo ari cyo cyose gishongesha, ntigira uburozi kandi ntigira uburyohe, ifite imiterere ihamye ya shimi, kandi ntigira imikoranire n'ikintu icyo ari cyo cyose uretse ishingiro rikomeye na aside hydrofluoric. Imiterere ya shimi n'imiterere ya silika gel bigaragaza ko ifite imiterere ituma ibindi bikoresho byinshi bisa bigorana gusimbuza. Desiccant ya silika gel ifite imikorere ihanitse yo kuyungurura, ihamye neza mu bushyuhe, imiterere ihamye ya shimi, imbaraga nyinshi za mekanike, nibindi.
