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Old 03-13-2012, 10:38 AM  
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Originally Posted by raymor View Post
Dry rice absorbs water from the AIR in the bag, reducing relative humidity considerably. The dry AIR dries the phone.
Yes, but new air will be much more effective at absorbing water than the tiny bit of water that the rice will absorb from the air in a closed bag. Thus the results V_Rocks actually saw.

The "considerably" is the part that is wrong about what you're saying. Air movement (even fresh air without movement) will dry a phone much faster than some rice in a closed environment.

If you really want to see the difference, do it again with two bottle caps, but place them far apart and put a fan over one of them.
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