Mr. Kush
Rising Star
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?
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?