antichode
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I’ve run a few cielo extractions now however I’ve been unable to crash anything out as yet. Took me a few goes to get my consistency right initially as everyone has mentioned that’s the main thing to get right. My calcium hydroxide is very very old. Maybe ten years so I thought I’d check the PH of some of my solvent pulls and they are showing 8 which seems rather low, I’m guessing my lime has changed somehow, can it react with air to form a different kind of calcium?
Ive ordered some fresh base to have another go.
All of my solvent pulls clouded up when I added citric acid however adding more acid did not do anything. Even pushing the dose up of 30mg/g to the point where the citric would not dissolve at all precipitated nothing. The solutions all clouded up and then cleared over the course of a few days.
Can ethyl acetate be used in place of xylene for a classic stb with naoh? Or will a strong base like that change the solvent in some way?
Ive ordered some fresh base to have another go.
All of my solvent pulls clouded up when I added citric acid however adding more acid did not do anything. Even pushing the dose up of 30mg/g to the point where the citric would not dissolve at all precipitated nothing. The solutions all clouded up and then cleared over the course of a few days.
Can ethyl acetate be used in place of xylene for a classic stb with naoh? Or will a strong base like that change the solvent in some way?