Hi there,
I am synthesizing a material by a chemical route. At the last stage, the desired material precipitates in the aqueous solution, while it has a large volume because it's a hydrated material. I can remove the extra water by filtering and after that, I want to dry it to make it in a powdery form. But, the melting point of this material is near 60 C, and I cannot use higher temperatures (like 100 C) for drying. I have used lower temperatures (e.g. 50-55 C) to dry it in the oven, but after about 2 days, drying was not complete yet. I mean the drying procedure at these temperature ranges (about 50 C) takes too long, and cannot be cost-effective in the large scales.
Do you have any suggestion for drying this material in a simple way at shorter times?
Regards,