We have some powder salts (LiCl, K2CO3, Nacl and K2SO4) stored for a few months. It is worried that they might have absorbed some moisture from the air. How can we dry them? Can we put them in an oven and what should be the right temperature?
You may want to check my post elsewhere at this forum; addressing the effect of air humidity on magnesium chloride (MgCl2) or its hydrates: https://www.researchgate.net/post/weight_equivalence_chemistry
I have also addressed the case of sodium carbonate (Na2CO3), at: https://www.researchgate.net/post/The_reason_of_mixing_same_amount_of_Na2CO3_and_Na2CO3_monohydrate_have_different_Raman_peak_intensity
About drying potassium fluoride (KF) at this forum; cf.: https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_to_dry_potassium_fluoride
You may want to check my post elsewhere at this forum; on the purifying and drying zinc(II) chloride (ZnCl2) by recrystallization: https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_to_recover_anhydrous_ZnCl2_or_ZnCl2_solution_from_HCl_solution
You may also check my post on purifying and drying cuprous chloride (CuCl) by reprecipitation: https://www.researchgate.net/post/i_have_cuprous_chloride_which_is_green_and_it_is_like_stone_how_can_convert_it_to_powder
For yet another post, on purifying (by recrystallization) and drying lithium chloride (LiCl), see: https://www.researchgate.net/post/how_to_separate_lithium_chloride_and_magnesium_chloride_from_its_aqueous_layer_how_to_crystallise_Lithium_chloride
Thanks a lot for this question. We can several several methods for drying salt, such as: hot air, oven, Infra red radiation, drying by conduction. We can alos the isotherm of adsorption of water on the surface of the salt. About the necessary time of drying, i think that the salt cannot change its quality even the time of drying is so long.