Oily hair in dogs is often caused by seborrhea, which is a skin disorder. If your pooch has this common ailment, his skin's sebaceous glands are manufacturing inordinate levels of sebum. Some dog breeds are particularly susceptible to the inherited form of seborrhea.
A desiccant is a hygroscopic substance that induces or sustains a state of dryness (desiccation) in its vicinity. Commonly encountered pre-packaged desiccants are solids that adsorb water.o some extent, desiccant performance can be precisely described, but most commonly, the final choice of which desiccant best suits a given situation, how much of it to use, and in what form, is made based on testing and practical experience.
Reagents, such as sulfur (pictured), are the starting materials that are used in chemical reactions. A reagent /riËeÉªdÊÉnt/ is a substance or compound added to a system to cause a chemical reaction, or added to see if a reaction occurs. The terms reactant and reagent are often used interchangeablyâhowever, a reactant is more specifically a substance consumed in the course of a chemical reaction. Solvents, though involved in the reaction, are usually not called reactants. Similarly, catalysts are not consumed by the reaction, so are not reactants.