a mixture moistened with water and placed it in a desiccator (drying chamber) with silica gel to dry at 22C. the silica gel absorbed water vapor as the mixture dried. the mixture was weighed periodically, giving the data in the table below. determine the order of the drying process and find the rate constant
Time,hr Grams of Mixture
0 21.70
3.58 21.14
7.67 20.86
24.33 20.45
44.58 20.27
infinty 19.99