saphdmt
Rising Star
After a bit of experimenting I was left with two batches of naptha; one that was leftover from a backsalting, which is very slightly cloudy and light yellow translucent, and another batch that was left over from a freeze precipitation, which is a little yellower than the other. The backsalt one smells of acetic acid, and I decided to check its pH. To my surprise it was acidic, around 3.4. The other was slightly basic around 8.0. There were no aqueous layers in either.
When added dropwise to one another a precipitate forms.
Can someone explain the chemistry here? Im not so clear on how pH works when were talking about things other than H2O. I dont think NaOH is soluble in naptha, nor NaCl. This only leaves the acetate anions, or the active ingredient.
Im guessing the precipitate is a salt but its precipitating from naptha, not water. Could it be sodium acetate? I dont know which batch contained the mystery precipitate, so I dont know if it was resulting from a raise or lowering of pH.
Questions:
1) Is NaOAc soluble in naptha?
2) How does pH work when dealing with NPS?
3) What is the precipitate?
Thanks very much, you guys are the best!
When added dropwise to one another a precipitate forms.
Can someone explain the chemistry here? Im not so clear on how pH works when were talking about things other than H2O. I dont think NaOH is soluble in naptha, nor NaCl. This only leaves the acetate anions, or the active ingredient.
Im guessing the precipitate is a salt but its precipitating from naptha, not water. Could it be sodium acetate? I dont know which batch contained the mystery precipitate, so I dont know if it was resulting from a raise or lowering of pH.
Questions:
1) Is NaOAc soluble in naptha?
2) How does pH work when dealing with NPS?
3) What is the precipitate?
Thanks very much, you guys are the best!