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Which of these types of silica dessicant

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Hi. in an article about "DNA Collection and Archiving" I read that hair samples could be stored in a silica desiccant dryer. I live in Norway, so I found a possible source

of silica desiccant on a website called realmarine.

They seem to have the following types of silica deisscant avilable:

http://realmarine.no/produkter/torkemiddel-silica-gel.html

Which one of the silica desiccants in the link below would be most suitable for

long term storage of hair for at least 5 years? I plan to store the hair in room temperature.  Thank you for answering.

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