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- Thread starter cronick91
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This is what my solvent looks like at the moment, I've removed what looked like a few water bubbles. What should my next step be should I let some of my solvent evaporate should I fridge chill or freeze also how long should I be doing these next vital steps
If the solvent was saturated, 8 hours would do the trick. I still think you should do a mini A/B to reduce the solvent volume. It would also have the adventage of separating out some possible plant fats, which may be inhibiting freeze precipitation.
What temperature is that at? Fridge temperature? You need to be more specific about what the situation is at any given stage. There seems to be the beginnings of something crystallising in there, but evaporating the solvent won't get rid of plant fats. This is why the extraction would specifically benefit from a mini A/B. The plant fats would get left behind in the original naphtha, increasing the likelihood of a successful freeze precip from fresh naphtha.
I'm just a cross between a compère and a librarian really, but your gratitude is received equally gratefully.
Hope the rest of it goes well for you, try to keep volumes to a minimum from this point.
