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zinc reaction with NP solvent?

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Mr. Kush

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hello to all here at the nexus, I am very pleased to be a new member here, after reading through some of the forums this place seems like a very friendly environment that I could deffently get used to, not to mention the topics fit me ever so well, I hope to learn all there is to learn and teach all that I can teach.

well indeed I am an enthusiast when it comes to researching the spice and I have a friend who lives in place where doing extractions are legal, he has been doing so for some time now and knows quite abit as is, but there is no end he says lol, unfortonantly he doesnt have a computer so we talk phone vice versa and I get the research yada yada yada.

anyways he plans on doing an experiment by adding zinc dust to the aqueous before he defats to see if there is any N-oxide in there, thus making a difference in yeild (NP freebase extraction will be done with Naptha), he's going to drop the ph down to 3 with hcl acid and then add the zinc stirring for a few hours which afterwords he will run the aqueous through a buchner funnel to remove and extra zinc.....

now the thing he is worried about is doing defats with either DCM, or xylene as he is unsure of the reaction that may happen cause of what took place with the zinc dust...

according to the MSDS of DCM under stability:Incompatible with alkali metals, aluminium, strong oxidizing agents, strong caustics, some forms of plastic, titanium. A small amount of added amylene (1-pentene) may be present to enhance stability.

and for xylene under uncompatable materials it says: strong oxidising agents

so do you think that the zinc dust in the aqueous will cause these NP to react weird?
 
thank you,
yes reducing agents ,oxidisers are oppisits.
just wanted to make sure be safe.
my friend always defats with xylene, I read that 69ron said that DCM kept pulling more after xylene wouldnt, so he was goin to do 3 xylene then 2 small DCM defatts. he's an advocate of clear spice he he he.

by the way roughly how much zinc powder would you reccomend using when doing an extract on 1 kilo of MHRB?
havent read anything that says, they just say enough lol....

and thank you for mentioning not to do anything I dont understand, I agree ever so much, that's why he's here asking questions, so that he is clear on everything before attempting.
my friend has done over a couple dozen extract on mhrb however he is always trying to perfect it he he he.
 
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