So I have come across an interesting thing. According to VDS , carbon dioxide can impact the ability to raise PH to isolate alkaloids. Where is this CO2 coming from that the sodium carbonate is absorbing thus lowering PH?
Through my hobby of salt water fish tanks I know the power of C02 in the air impacting the PH. I use soda like to remove PH in an air the same way anesthesia machines remove C02 from your lungs they use soda lime in the machines.
When I get around to trying to separate pure alkaloids I will test this theory by reducing ambient CO2 in air and seeing if it makes my titration easier to increasing PH. I will use a closed hood that I make, and use soda like in a canister and make it recirculate to make the co2 in the hood very low. I will use a C02 monitor to test the levels in the hood. I should be able to get them extremely low.
If anyone beats me to it I could care less. I thought this was a neat picture to the puzzle that maybe hasn’t been solved and just happy to share!
Through my hobby of salt water fish tanks I know the power of C02 in the air impacting the PH. I use soda like to remove PH in an air the same way anesthesia machines remove C02 from your lungs they use soda lime in the machines.
When I get around to trying to separate pure alkaloids I will test this theory by reducing ambient CO2 in air and seeing if it makes my titration easier to increasing PH. I will use a closed hood that I make, and use soda like in a canister and make it recirculate to make the co2 in the hood very low. I will use a C02 monitor to test the levels in the hood. I should be able to get them extremely low.
If anyone beats me to it I could care less. I thought this was a neat picture to the puzzle that maybe hasn’t been solved and just happy to share!
