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dmt With regard to glass containers for extraction.

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Hello. The container I'm using to extract DMT is soda lime glass. I'm extracting DMT, but I'm having trouble finding a suitable container. If possible, I'd like a large glass container with a lid, but what do you use? Also, when I stir it with a glass rod, the glass melts, probably because there is too much sodium hydroxide. When this happens, is the glass that has dissolved in the solution expelled when it recrystallises? If you can help me, please let me know. I would be very grateful if you could help me.
 
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Search for borosilicate glass bottles. Very easy to find and not expensive.
I'm afraid I do not understand what you mean by this:

"Also, sometimes the amount of sodium hydroxide is too large, or the bottle of alcohol I am using dissolves when I mix it, and goes out into solution. Are these things ejected when recrystallising?"

Why are you using alcohol in extraction? What tec are you following?
 
EmeraldAtomiser said:
Search for borosilicate glass bottles. Very easy to find and not expensive.
I'm afraid I do not understand what you mean by this:

"Also, sometimes the amount of sodium hydroxide is too large, or the bottle of alcohol I am using dissolves when I mix it, and goes out into solution. Are these things ejected when recrystallising?"

Why are you using alcohol in extraction? What tec are you following?
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Concentrated NaOH can dissolve glass, but it is a slow process and long exposure would be needed. It sounds very unlikely that stirring your solution would dissolve a glass rod simply from this exposure. Are you sure the rod is glass?
 
Glass does not melt in a hydroxide solution, one can use common glass jars or wide neck bottles, make sure to vent regularly and keep the base soup unsealed when not tumbling in the naphtha. Also make sure to use proper personal protective gear.
 
EmeraldAtomiser said:
Concentrated NaOH can dissolve glass, but it is a slow process and long exposure would be needed. It sounds very unlikely that stirring your solution would dissolve a glass rod simply from this exposure. Are you sure the rod is glass?
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Hello. Thank you for contacting me. I already use soda lime glass containers, but I put a plastic lid on them when I mix them. I'm worried about the plastic coming into contact with the glass.
 
Varallo said:
Glass does not melt in a hydroxide solution, one can use common glass jars or wide neck bottles, make sure to vent regularly and keep the base soup unsealed when not tumbling in the naphtha. Also make sure to use proper personal protective gear.
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Hello. Thank you for contacting me. I already use soda lime glass containers, but I put a plastic lid on them when I mix them. I'm worried about the plastic coming into contact with the glass.
 
What solvent are you using and what type of plastic is your lid made from? Use that information to look up the compatibility of the two materials online in a materials compatibility chart.

Strong caustic soda will (fairly slowly) dissolve soda lime glass, in ethanolic solution as well as in water. Or was your stirring rod made of plastic?

Please describe your extraction process systematically and in detail. It's not really clear what else your question may be, but your sodium silicate [from dissolving glass in caustic soda] should not end up in your DMT if you're extracting into naphtha.
 
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