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endlessness said:Basics said:Hi All,
Could you please tell me what other materials could be used for containers?
I'm going to use Cyb's salt tek first and them Max Ion to run a comparison between the two.
I was planning on using all glass though I was curios what out materials may work. I would hope that its obvious that metal is a no no, but I was wondering if some plastics might be alright, such as HDPE or polypropylene.
Ive done some Google and come up wih ldpe/hdpe should be ok with the NaOH. And in my case I would be using heptane it appears that as it is a Aliphatic hydrocarbon HDPE would be the way to go.
Can anyone confirm this my my own personal reassurance and possibly recommend any other options that there may be?
Love and light,
Basics
A lot of people use HDPE, in theory it should be fine for naphtha and lye but personally I avoid plastic due to the possibility of plasticizers or similar, even if the container itself doesn't breakdown. Check this thread: Phthalates: Warning to those using plastic containers/instruments in extractions - Health & Safety - Welcome to the DMT-Nexus
Swimius said:Hey durr,
SWIM is looking to extract NN DMT and 5-MeO-DMT from a local Phalaris Arundinacea strain. I would love if some other backyard chemists would give a look at my tek before I attempt it.
1. SWIM has began by collecting, freezing and unfreezing this phalaris strain to attempt to destroy some of that nasty chlorophyll that he extracted by accident in one of his earlier extraction attempts.
2. SWIM will make aqueous solution with the grass and lower its PH to around 4 using either HCL or Na2CO3 (allow to sit for several days)
3. Increase up to PH 12 to produce a soluble 5-HO-DMT.
4. Pull N,N DMT and 5-MeO DMT with Naptha and leave behind 5-HO-DMT, and Gramine
5. Evaporate Naptha and Yield alkaloids.
Any thoughts? More specifically which acid do you believe would work best?
Na2CO3 is a base, not an acid. You can use HCl or simply vinegar, both should work equally good, vinegar is safer to use.
The rest sounds ok, considering your phalaris has any DMT and 5-MeO-DMT to begin with. But personally I have never tested myself or read a confirmation that 5-MeO-DMT is soluble in naphtha. I'd think so, but can't be sure until I see this information from reliable source or test it myself, and I also haven't read it here in the nexus yet.
tester.dla.mmc said:Hi everyone.
I've recently found out about extraction using FASA method (from here). Since SWIM doesn't have access to Mimosa he can only use Acacia Confusa rootbark.
Has anyone tried this method or has any idea if it's going to work for Acacia ?
Thanks