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I'm not sure what the pH is because I do not own a pH meter... I think I'll order one today! Any tips on what brand to use would be much appreciated! It was indeed very yellow! You can't tell from the picture but it was more of clear yellow than milky yellow, as Sakkadelic mentioned.When I took the picture the mix had been sitting in the fridge for about an hour. The harmalas settled very fast. I let it sit overnight again regardless. What is strange is that it slowly lost that bright yellow color and started turning back into that brownish red color. I added more sodium carb today when I got off work and now the mix is brown and settling just in case if I did not base it enough. Don't know if that color change is normal or not...?Any other time I've used sodium carbonate the solution turns yellow upon basing and deep red/brown upon acidifying.Yes, mostly. There were some impurities that settled, but not a lot which is why I went ahead and saturated with salt at that point. Then when I filtered during the next acidic stage, it went through coffee filters pretty easily with minimal impurities.Like I mentioned above, the liquid above the FB harmalas was pretty clear except for the yellow tint. Hope this clears things up a bit!EDIT: I can't see your picture for some reason, Jees!
I'm not sure what the pH is because I do not own a pH meter... I think I'll order one today! Any tips on what brand to use would be much appreciated! It was indeed very yellow! You can't tell from the picture but it was more of clear yellow than milky yellow, as Sakkadelic mentioned.
When I took the picture the mix had been sitting in the fridge for about an hour. The harmalas settled very fast. I let it sit overnight again regardless. What is strange is that it slowly lost that bright yellow color and started turning back into that brownish red color. I added more sodium carb today when I got off work and now the mix is brown and settling just in case if I did not base it enough. Don't know if that color change is normal or not...?
Any other time I've used sodium carbonate the solution turns yellow upon basing and deep red/brown upon acidifying.
Yes, mostly. There were some impurities that settled, but not a lot which is why I went ahead and saturated with salt at that point. Then when I filtered during the next acidic stage, it went through coffee filters pretty easily with minimal impurities.
Like I mentioned above, the liquid above the FB harmalas was pretty clear except for the yellow tint. Hope this clears things up a bit!
EDIT: I can't see your picture for some reason, Jees!