How long does 100ml Xylene (roughly) take to evaporate?

[dazultra]

I’m trying to evaporate 100ml xylene from a DMT pull and was wondering how long I should expect (roughly) and if there was anything I could do to speed up the process? Is one extraction using xylene enough?

Thanks!

 

[Bas Sarkin]

First thing that comes to mind is increase the surface.
Second is to increase the heat, but that can go wrong via fire hazard or melting/evaporating/burning the product.
You could try creating a (partial) vacuum above the xylene, that would speed things up, but requires some specialist equipment.

Dont forget to ventilate properly, xylene seems pretty toxic (and flammable)

I would keep pulling till nothing worthwhile shows up anymore. You get by far the most on the first pull, but perhaps it will be worth the effort/cost.

 

[Bas Sarkin]

According to this table, xylene evaporates 0.6 times as quickly as butyl acetate (BuAc) (which is set by definition as '1' )
Water evaporates 0.36 times as quickly as BuAc, so xylene evaporates (0.6/0.36)=1.666 times faster then water
Ethanol evaporates 2.8 times as quickly as BuAc, so ethanol evaporates (2.8/0.6)=4.666 times faster then xylene

 

[dazultra]

First thing that comes to mind is increase the surface.
Second is to increase the heat, but that can go wrong via fire hazard or melting/evaporating/burning the product.
You could try creating a (partial) vacuum above the xylene, that would speed things up, but requires some specialist equipment.

Dont forget to ventilate properly, xylene seems pretty toxic (and flammable)

I would keep pulling till nothing worthwhile shows up anymore. You get by far the most on the first pull, but perhaps it will be worth the effort/cost.

Thanks. Okay, I'll try more pulls, just in case. It would be good to know I haven't left any. A wider dish is a great idea, and I'll see if I can heat it safely. I think the vacuum might be for when I become less of a noob. It sounds like a slow evaporate, so I'll take my time; thanks heaps for the tips!