I'm curious to see whether thc travels with the limonene vapor, definitely post results so we know how it goes.
Also I looked back in the first page of this thread and there's a chart for the bp of thc, so really all i need to perform sublimation is the cold finger.
On another note, after I'm...
You really purge your alcohol off at 80 degrees for a week?
I would think the alcohol would just pull moisture from the air, and by the time the alcohol is all gone, small amounts of water would be left in the dish, do u take added measures to control the humidity of the environment your purging...
Lucienne is a good brand, but I would rather buy the brand thats 70 cents per can
I have nothing against any other brands of butane because I just distill my butane before I use it... The only difference i see between brands of butane is the small amount of impurities that comes along with...
Its nice to know your so passionate about doing this, I just got my glassware setup in the mail but am still missing a cold finger and a heating mantle, so I won't be able to do any testing of my own until I get those, but when I get them I'm gonna make a time lapse video of some winterized bho...
I don't see how it's way beyond us, it's not like were trying to perform a complex synthesis or something that requires expensive equipment or a degree in chemistry.
All it takes is a simple sublimation apparatus... What im trying to figure out is the most efficient vac and temp to use its...
So I found a calculator for vacuum and temp, it's actually gonna be useful in helping to determine what temperature and vacuum to use to isolate THC.
http://www.trimen.pl/witek/calculators/wrzenie.html
So far I know the molecular mass of THC is 314 gm/mol and the boiling point at atmospheric...
I doubt removing the carboxyl group from THC itself would cause any difference in consistency, I imagine what really makes it turn goopy when u heat it is the waxes and pigments are gettig too hot and so they degrade, especially chlorophylls, which are known to turn your oil dark and goopy when...
Sorry to hear about your crohns man, are you taking any cbd for that, I read its fantastic for all kinds of inflammation.
Also it would be great to see your results but a thought crossed my mind, this may be considered a tad bit more illegal than standard butane or alcohol extraction so posting...
http://www.sv.vt.edu/classes/MSE2094_NoteBook/96ClassProj/examples/triplpt.html
Another piece of information that you will find very helpful in learning to isolate what you want :)
Edit: (This was a bit too confusing for me, so I'm not exactly sure if this is gonna be of any help to you in...
I would imagine that the waxes and fats would actually be good candidates to perform sublimation on, but whether it happens at the same temp and vacuum as cannabinoids, I couldn't tell you.
So I suppose taking them out to begin with by extracting with acetone or ethanol and then continuing to...
More in depth explanations of each step of the degumming-deodorizing-bleaching steps used to turn crude cooking oil into a pure fat:
http://www.ips-engineering.it/Doc/Edible oil and fat refining.pdf
I imagine this process is included in the so called "family secret" they claim to use to make...
https://cannabis.community.forums.ozstoners.com/topic/24746-unique-thcathc-extraction-and-purification-tek/
I believe your going to find this infinitely interesting :)
Either one will work fine, but I'm having trouble understanding your question, your not going to need the Liebig or allihn condensers unless your distilling a solvent or perhaps the terpenes, but as you said emphasis should be placed on size because I imagine you won't need to sublimate more...
You obviously have your technique perfect so I can see your desire to move along and conduct further experiments, its so interesting to learn about this shit! :D
One of the more interesting things I read about was in another article stating that in the processing of pine pitch a 50/50 mixture of...
No problem, its great to see someone testing they're limits and researching new things all in an effort to make stronger and tastier medicine.
I'm curious have you ever read of the process that is used to remove chlorophyll from edible vegetable oils?
I imagine this information can be applied...
Yea, i should have mentioned that a short path distillation setup would still cause the vapor to travel farther than it needs to before It has to condense, so really a sublimation apparatus would be the bees knees.
Is a little but different from regular distillation, but all you really need to...