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https://i.ibb.co/rczbKtQ...ot-2023-04-19-031952.jpgLooks like I added the naphtha with some water by accident and quite a bit of the water is frozen now (I think). Any advice on the best way to get the water out of there?
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Research & Development
Posts: 451 Joined: 12-Mar-2019 Last visit: 25-Oct-2024
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I would let it melt and transfer to something that makes it easy for you to decant the solvent without bringing any water with it (Water is heavier than naphtha/heptane so it will be the bottom layer). A beaker with a pour spout is the best vessel for that, but a professional pipette or separatory funnel would be the easiest. You will have some yield loss either way. Why was there water in the solvent? Did you do a sodium carbonate wash or something? ๐ณ๐จโ๐ฌ๐ณ - My A/B Hot Plate TEK - ๐ณ๐จโ๐ฌ๐ณ ๐๐๐ - Don't Heat Your Naphtha, Heat Your Soup! - ๐๐๐ โดโดโด - White Spice vs Yellow Spice - ๐๐๐ "You are an explorer, and you represent our species, and the greatest good you can do is to bring back a new idea, because our world is endangered by the absence of good ideas. Our world is in crisis because of the absence of consciousness." - Terence McKenna ๐ "Dang, that's really impressive for a first extraction. Those xtals are nicely resolved." - Benzyme ๐
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