Orangensaft11 wrote:An evap test on a glass dish leaves a hard to spot oily residue on the dish. SWIM has not used Naphtha but instead washbenzin. Here's what it says for ingredients on the back:
> 30% aliphatic hydrocarbons, C6-C7, N-ALKANES, ISOALKANES, CYCLENES < 5% N-HEXANE
The technical sheet says the boiling range is 80°C-110°C
SWIM is unsure whether this can be used for extraction (STB, crystallization, no evaporation). The substance can be used as a cleaning solvent as well as lighter fluid, which might mean that inhaling its fumes in low amounts is not hazardous?
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Pretty messy stuff.
I would recommend to learn distillation. This is an easy and relatively safe tek, described extensively on the internet. It will solve the problem of dirty solvents for you once and for all. Also you will be able to recover most of your solvents after extractions and re-use them. However, you will have to invest around $50 in glassware and some time to learn the tek.
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