Measuring lye weight(is this correct?)

[River of Thoughts]

I wanted to calculate a 100grams of lye to ml(because I can only measure in ml). Is this correct?

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46.9mL?

 

[Wasp]

Are you talking about measuring a mass of solid NaOH by volume? If so, I'm afraid you're out of luck. Different batches of lye might have wildly varying densities- for instance, I have both powdered and pelleted NaOH, and though I've not checked, I'm confident that they will not be of the same density. There are just too many variables to consider. I would advise either that you invest in a scale, or that you buy some pH papers. The latter will be cheaper, and you will be able to perform a perfectly effective extraction by just adding lye until the pH is 14. You could also make a saturated aqueous solution of NaOH, find out the concentration of a saturated solution at that temperature, and then calculate the mass per unit of volume from that. Hope this helps, good luck!

 

[endlessness]

Extracting DMT from mimosa? Add till mimosa is black, then a spoonfull more, and you're good to go

 

[River of Thoughts]

Ok thanks for the tip. I shall go with the eye balling way hehe

 

[Wasp]

You can never have too much base, so if in doubt, add more.