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Orbeez can be dehydrated by brine

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High water absorption polymer balls (sometimes referred to as the brand Orbeez) are beads of sodium polyacrylate that absorb huge amounts of water.

While experimenting with getting neutral buoyancy for a moving flow of balls in a heated bottle, I discovered that adding salt to the water actually resulted in the balls being dehydrated again.

I wonder if this effect has any practical engineering application.

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