powered mimosa bark

[gimpy]

when purchasing myself some mimosa, i opted for the pre-powered form. it's very powdered - like flour. would there be any disadvantages in using it, rather than blending up bark?

 

[Garulfo]

THe only disadvantae I know is if you use a STB tek with not enough water. In that case it will make a very thick soup which will 'trap' the naphta. My friend just add more water+lye until the soup is liquid enough.

 

[satylight]

[quote:74239d6ff5="Garulfo"]THe only disadvantae I know is if you use a STB tek with not enough water. In that case it will make a very thick soup which will 'trap' the naphta. My friend just add more water+lye until the soup is liquid enough.[/quote:74239d6ff5] will the higher amount of water+lye in the mix effect the rest of the STB process at all?

 

[DZ-015]

[quote:cb9ef5e0ec]will the higher amount of water+lye in the mix effect the rest of the STB process at all?[/quote:cb9ef5e0ec] As long as you adjust the amounts correctly there should be no problems.

 

[El Ka Bong]

If you use deionized water alone the pH will not change - just dilute sludge with more water, no? You can measure this with a pH pen. Demineralized water is at pH 7.0 but has no buffering capacity, and so pH will not change when added to a solution at pH 2.0 or 13.5 - no need to add lye I would say, water alone will dilute the sludge. If a pH of 13.5 is the target for an STB, and if you measure it, you'll find that one needs very little lye to hold the pH at this scortching high alkaline value...

 

[gimpy]

well no problems thus far. have been following nomans tek, and used distilled water for the lye. the layers had no problem separating out (ie, naptha was not trapped).