Can Limonene be distilled?

[benzyme]

So companies can be liable for lets say selling some reagents to a home chemist who is maybe doing something that is completely legal is lets say he spilled something nasty on his skin or whatever?

yes.
typically big ones like S****-A****** will play 20 questions and request a company letterhead. they usually refuse to sell to individuals

 

[benzyme]

DIY also stands for Don't Involve Yourself

(bitter counter attack from the anti-DIY enthusiasts...unfortunately true where SWIM lives at the moment)

yeah, that sort of pacifism is typical of complacent right-wing ideology. i won't rant about it here, but it's a sad aspect of the status quo; big brother's effort to protect us from ourselves :roll:

 

[clamshavefeelingstoo]

Limonene can be distilled from orange oil. Since Limonene constitutes 90%+ of orange oil, and the common impurities boil at a lower temperature, you can distill off the first fraction... and collect the remaining Limonene at 176C, being careful not to top 198C where other impurities boil.

 

[damiana]

You don't need a high temperature to do it. You just need boiling water.

Just mix in some water and it distills along with it. Pretty cool.

Correct me if I'm wrong but this means that if I put boiling water into used D-limonene and mix, let separate and pull the D-limonene, it will be clean again.

 

[burnt]

^^No you need to distill it.

 

[damiana]

oh I see, okay sorry, thanks burnt.

 

[clamshavefeelingstoo]

Well, you may be able to separate impurities from orange oil if they're water soluble (and assuming limonene isn't.. is it?)... but there are still other solvents in the <5% range occupying orange oil besides limonene- refer to the wikipedia article on orange oil.