I'll find out soon enough here but I'm a little worried whether ultrasonic vibrations could degrade the precious molecules in solution?
I have a solution of DMT benzoate in distilled water, and the last 5% of benzoate wasn't quite dissolving. I gave it a few minutes of ultrasonic treatment. The jar holding the solution was placed in an ultrasonic bath. It's quite a spectacle, a little anxiety provoking to see the clumps of powder zip around and disperse under mysterious forces. There's nothing sitting on the bottom anymore, but the solution is a bit hazy. I ran this through the vac filter which has never failed to turn a solution crystal clear, but it still retained some haze. What worries me though is the solution is presumably oversaturated, but it's not crystallizing at rest. I did mostly the same thing with another jar of solution, which was not hazy at all and grew benzoate crystals overnight.
I thought the ultrasonic was just good for breaking up agglomerates, but could it also break up molecules?
I have a solution of DMT benzoate in distilled water, and the last 5% of benzoate wasn't quite dissolving. I gave it a few minutes of ultrasonic treatment. The jar holding the solution was placed in an ultrasonic bath. It's quite a spectacle, a little anxiety provoking to see the clumps of powder zip around and disperse under mysterious forces. There's nothing sitting on the bottom anymore, but the solution is a bit hazy. I ran this through the vac filter which has never failed to turn a solution crystal clear, but it still retained some haze. What worries me though is the solution is presumably oversaturated, but it's not crystallizing at rest. I did mostly the same thing with another jar of solution, which was not hazy at all and grew benzoate crystals overnight.
I thought the ultrasonic was just good for breaking up agglomerates, but could it also break up molecules?
