Can you recommend study for vacuum distillation?

[Elijah Phoenix]

Hi lovely community,

after a recent promotion, my work life has consumed me at approx. 65hrs a week. Still my passion for sacred science remains intact. I'm wanting to learn all that I may about conducting vacuum distillation.

Could anyone make a recommendation for study sources? I've a Zubrick book, but lack hands on experience. Nonetheless, I'm a fast learner. Hoping to understand this very well; I've been watching a few videos and understand the concept and most of the accessories, but I'm thirsty for more.

Thanks in advance!

 

[1ce]

xD! I remember when I was in your position, ready for my first vac distillation. My first go at it was to break the azeotrope of nitric acid. While I can't recomend this, I can recomend things like acetone, ethanol, water. Low boiling stuff is easiest.

Don't go big, start with a water aspirator. Get used to it. Observe the difference in boiling temperatures. Use a nomograph to somewhat predict your boiling point.

Remember to grease, but not over do it. I use silicon dielectric grease. Watch a few videos, become familiar with the setup. Start with standard distillation. Maybe distill the cheapest vodka you can find. It's easy practice and rewards you with high purity ethanol.

 

[Spiritofspice]

I hate to say it on here but check out uncle festers line of books he explains lab work very well in a way that is easy to understand.
His understanding of LSD chemistry is up there as well.
I even shared ideas with him from back in the day when I was experimenting with Phenylalanine as well as from the old days on the hive. He is a chemist that thinks outside the square that's why I am recommending his book it's very easy to understand.

 

[1ce]

I hate to say it on here but check out uncle festers line of books he explains lab work very well in a way that is easy to understand.
His understanding of LSD chemistry is up there as well.
I even shared ideas with him from back in the day when I was experimenting with Phenylalanine as well as from the old days on the hive. He is a chemist that thinks outside the square that's why I am recommending his book it's very easy to understand.

His understanding of LSD chemistry demonstrates that he is utterly confused by it. Please be very very cautious following any of his advice. Some of those chems... His understanding not only reveals utter confusion, but it's dated. =p

 

[Spiritofspice]

I hate to say it on here but check out uncle festers line of books he explains lab work very well in a way that is easy to understand.
His understanding of LSD chemistry is up there as well.
I even shared ideas with him from back in the day when I was experimenting with Phenylalanine as well as from the old days on the hive. He is a chemist that thinks outside the square that's why I am recommending his book it's very easy to understand.

His understanding of LSD chemistry demonstrates that he is utterly confused by it. Please be very very cautious following any of his advice. Some of those chems... His understanding not only reveals utter confusion, but it's dated. =p

I disagree with the statement on LSD.
Yes the techniques (recipes)are questionable but find me a book that explains the use of lab ware that explains things so simply.

 

[1ce]

Disagree all you want, but that doesn't remove the fallacies written in that book. It doesn't make the techniques anything other than archaic, and it won't stop you from getting maimed or killed by dangerous chemicals for following his instructions to the "T".

If you think his lab equipment explanations are great, cool! Make an exerpt, and quote the source. But leave it at that and stop promoting poorly written suicidal chemistry @_@

It also just doesn't need to be said. When you promote dangerously bad information from a scientific puke like Fester as being legit, you run the risk of somebody reading that book and thinking "golly that hydrazine synthesis sure looks easy". That is the exact opposite of harm reduction.

And I'm pretty sure its against guidelines here anyway ;P