Dry Ice in Processing

[triaxiom]

Has anyone used dry ice when grinding MHRB in a spice mill?
I've found the spice mill rapidly heats. I'm wondering if small block or granular dry ice would aid in cooling, and/or aid in cell lysing.

E.G: Put MHRB in grinding chamber. Aid dry ice. Grind.

In theory you could then leave the open grinder in a well extracted/open air area and the dry ice will sublimate out of the MHRB powder?

 

[Transform]

Previous use of dry ice during DMT extraction has focussed on removal of NMT through carbamate formation.

Your idea seems worth a try, provided you can rely on it not to develop a pressure buildup with subsequent blowing-out of bark powder when the pressure gets released.

Is this a method you've seen in use for any other materials?

 

[triaxiom]

Previous use of dry ice during DMT extraction has focussed on removal of NMT through carbamate formation.

Your idea seems worth a try, provided you can rely on it not to develop a pressure buildup with subsequent blowing-out of bark powder when the pressure gets released.

Is this a method you've seen in use for any other materials?

Dry ice grinding is a well established method for many other materials organic and in-organic.

There is the hazard of pressure build-up, if not allowed to vent. Should you allow for intermittent venting however (which you do) it allows for essentially continuous grinding until reaching a truly powdered state in a much expedited manner.