Don't put your drowned phone into rice to dry it

Re:Don't put your drowned phone into rice to dry it by jandrese on Friday June 14, 2019 @02:48PM (#20185588)

Is alcohol better than just patting it dry and blowing it out with some compressed air?

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Re:Don't put your drowned phone into rice to dry it by jbarberu on Friday June 14, 2019 @04:18PM (#20186333)

Yes. With alcohol you're displacing the water. With compressed air you might end up pushing it into new nooks and crannies it wouldn't otherwise have been able to reach.

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Re:Don't put your drowned phone into rice to dry it by Something1234 on Friday June 14, 2019 @06:03PM (#20187032)

But doesn't booze like to mix with water?

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Re:Don't put your drowned phone into rice to dry it by TimTheTinker on Friday June 14, 2019 @07:07PM (#20187391)

Yes, so strictly speaking you're not only displacing the water; you're dissolving it into the alcohol. But assuming you're using more than a tiny bit of alcohol, the water/alcohol ratio of the solution will be minuscule. Furthermore, if you pour alcohol over the components, the new alcohol will displace the just-formed solution.

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Re:Don't put your drowned phone into rice to dry it by ksaj on Saturday June 15, 2019 @03:26PM (#20191642)

It doesn't behave strictly that way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuV8ILW5cAQ

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