need help identifying stuff that appeared during re-x

[ilisuc]

Hi, i'd really appreciate any takes on what these little shapes i noticed while re-xing might be. Is it possible they're mini glass pieces? The heptane was pulled from a glass vessel holding the lye bark soup.

 

[Voidmatrix]

Are your deems supposed to be in there? Did you use salt? Have you already done freeze precip? It looks either like deems or salt.

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[ilisuc]

Are your deems supposed to be in there? Did you use salt? Have you already done freeze precip? It looks either like deems or salt.

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thanks so much for your reply. hadn't done freeze precip yet and yes i did use salt. i was giving the heptane a warm water bath in preparation for freeze precip when i noticed these. If it was deems it certainly should have melted..It could be salt i suppose but wouldn't the salt have long been dissolved? I still have the container from the picture sitting on the table because I'm suspicious of what i don't understand in it.

 

[Voidmatrix]

I think it's salt. I just looked and it seems salt is only soluble in polar solvents, so wouldn't dissolve in heptane.

I Googled "is salt soluble in a nonpolar solvent."

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[ilisuc]

hmm i think you solved this mystery for me. thanks Voidmatrix

 

[Voidmatrix]

hmm i think you solved this mystery for me. thanks Voidmatrix

Happy to help my friend and best of luck yo you. Hoping to see some pretty xtals soon.

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