EXPECTED YEILD

[curiousalchemist]

Good day Team,

I have been doing a A/B extraction in 150g batches of 1KG.

My question is what yeild can one expect doing the extraction this way? Lets say all goes well.

Is 1.5g spice per 150g root bark a win? That would be 1%. Is there anyone out here getting 4%, or is that unrealistic?

 

[TransistorBass]

I recently got 4.5g from approx 250g MHRB in a lazy extraction I did over a couple of weeks, my first pull resulted in 3.415g, after that I had emulsion problems which I slowly solved and recovered most of the Naphtha, the next pulls were 0.73g and 0.35g.
I was in no rush at all with my process, mostly all done a room temperature until the emulsion problems at which point I diluted with a salt solution and warmed to aid separation.
I'd started by acidifying my MHRB powder and Freezing and Thawing around 6x, I did a slow cooker cook on it for about 8 hours, then refroze until I had time for the rest of the process.
I based and let it sit in the alkaline state for about 1 week before adding Naphtha, then my pulls were over multiple days while I dealt with the emulsion issues, separating clear naphtha as and when enough had settled out before doing a free precipitation and on the later pulls a full evaporation.

I think all this means I was getting about 1.8% Yield overall, as you can see my process could have been better and much faster but I'm happy my efforts got a good return and perseverance paid off.

 

[curiousalchemist]

I recently got 4.5g from approx 250g MHRB in a lazy extraction I did over a couple of weeks, my first pull resulted in 3.415g, after that I had emulsion problems which I slowly solved and recovered most of the Naphtha, the next pulls were 0.73g and 0.35g.
I was in no rush at all with my process, mostly all done a room temperature until the emulsion problems at which point I diluted with a salt solution and warmed to aid separation.
I'd started by acidifying my MHRB powder and Freezing and Thawing around 6x, I did a slow cooker cook on it for about 8 hours, then refroze until I had time for the rest of the process.
I based and let it sit in the alkaline state for about 1 week before adding Naphtha, then my pulls were over multiple days while I dealt with the emulsion issues, separating clear naphtha as and when enough had settled out before doing a free precipitation and on the later pulls a full evaporation.

I think all this means I was getting about 1.8% Yield overall, as you can see my process could have been better and much faster but I'm happy my efforts got a good return and perseverance paid off.

This sounds like a great yeild!

I didn't do any freezing or boiling. But i might just try it on my next round.

I have however started freezing for 24-48hours as opposed to my usual 12hours. I will update you to see if i get a different result.

My naptha is bright yellow at the moment. I will be putting it aside and using a new can.

Does the colour mean there is product in it or just plant oils?

 

[fractals4life]

There will be some product in it as DMT is not totally insoluble in naphtha at freezer temperatures.

If you get some benzoic acid then salting out the benzoate is a fun way of getting the last bit out.
You make a saturated solution of Benzoic acid in fresh naphtha, then add it dropwise to the old extraction naphtha until you stop getting clouds of benzoate salt forming.

The salt is then filtered out of the naphtha.

See here for details: TEK - The benzoic acid tek

 

[curiousalchemist]

There will be some product in it as DMT is not totally insoluble in naphtha at freezer temperatures.

If you get some benzoic acid then salting out the benzoate is a fun way of getting the last bit out.
You make a saturated solution of Benzoic acid in fresh naphtha, then add it dropwise to the old extraction naphtha until you stop getting clouds of benzoate salt forming.

The salt is then filtered out of the naphtha.

See here for details: TEK - The benzoic acid tek

Wow thank you, will definitely give this a try