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Steam distillation of mint - not working?
FYI here's the results of my steam distillation of various natural products done several years ago:
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14-10-2019 at 19:24
by: Magpie
Have just started a scientific glassblowing company in eastern Washington state
Best wishes to a fellow Vandal. I'll keep you in mind for my next blown glass project.
9-10-2019 at 09:19
by: Magpie
preparation of succinic anhydride
[rquote=624015&tid=154133&author=Metacelsus]Looks good!

Any plans for future experiments ...
5-10-2019 at 10:48
by: Magpie
preparation of succinic anhydride
Succinic anhydride was prepared today using the procedure in Fieser's "Experiments in Organic Chemis ...
4-10-2019 at 14:16
by: Magpie
Preparation of Diethyl Sulfate
I also could never get a yield near that of L&S. I don't think this a very good procedure, but ...
9-9-2019 at 08:17
by: Magpie
Steam distillation of mint - not working?
There is a fair amount of mint grown in Eastern Washington. Here the farmers place the cut branches ...
2-9-2019 at 08:15
by: Magpie
Vacuum Oven vs Kiln for Molecular Sieve Drying
The purpose of my question is to try to determine what really happens when heating the zeolite in am ...
1-9-2019 at 14:08
by: Magpie
Vacuum Oven vs Kiln for Molecular Sieve Drying
From my psychrometric chart: at 68°F (20°C) and 50% relative humidity the vapor pressure of water ...
1-9-2019 at 10:28
by: Magpie
Vacuum Oven vs Kiln for Molecular Sieve Drying
Isn't that "Pw" the partial pressure of water in the drying air?
31-8-2019 at 20:59
by: Magpie
Vacuum Oven vs Kiln for Molecular Sieve Drying
[rquote=617442&tid=151799&author=Pumukli]Isn't it dangerous to put a few litres of wet sieve ...
31-8-2019 at 08:13
by: Magpie
How to dissolve wood?
Wood is disintegrated in pulp mills using aqueous NaOH/Na2S (Kraft process) at about 180°C for 3 hr ...
7-7-2019 at 16:09
by: Magpie
Tourist/sightseeing places related to chemistry
In Soda Springs, ID, you can see trucks dumping yellow hot liquid CaSiO4 over a cliff. This is a wa ...
18-5-2019 at 20:03
by: Magpie
Preparation of Diethyl Sulfate
Here are the results of refractive index determinations:

3- run composite of 8-5-19 above: 1.397 ...
18-5-2019 at 17:58
by: Magpie
Preparation of Diethyl Sulfate
Thank you. I have plans to identify this and eventually make phenetole as you have suggested.
17-5-2019 at 07:56
by: Magpie
Preparation of Diethyl Sulfate
I made another Et2SO4 run today. The only change I made was to use 19/22 glassware instead of 24/40 ...
16-5-2019 at 14:56
by: Magpie
Preparation of Diethyl Sulfate
I was taught that the products of the reaction between ethanol and sulfuric acid depend on the tempe ...
8-5-2019 at 15:03
by: Magpie
Preparation of Acetic Anhydride
So I did! Thanks Waffles.
19-4-2019 at 09:49
by: Magpie
Preparation of Acetic Anhydride
No, I have never made HPO3 but would like to. What I made with H3PO4 was SO3. I posted this on the ...
19-4-2019 at 07:00
by: Magpie
Preparation of Acetic Anhydride
Make a derivative (as I explained above) and determine its mp.
18-4-2019 at 12:07
by: Magpie
Thermodynamics - Heat of Vaporization change with pressure
The definition of enthalpy is "internal energy" + PV. So why wouldn't the enthalpy change with pres ...
15-4-2019 at 08:53
by: Magpie
New to the forum, quick blurb about me
Don't worry about making acetic anhydride. I show how to make this in Prepublication. If we starte ...
14-4-2019 at 09:27
by: Magpie
Thionyl chloride from sulphur dioxide and phosphorus pentachloride?
len1 made it first, also using SO3/SCl2, also in Prepublication.
7-4-2019 at 20:13
by: Magpie
Distillation problems using different diameter glassware.
Adiabatic is good. Note that refinery distillation columns are insulated. What you want is condens ...
5-4-2019 at 14:51
by: Magpie
New Fume Hood I purchased for 100$
That's an awesome find!

If you know the make and model you may be able to find some manual online ...
26-2-2019 at 12:11
by: Magpie
The Wump Incident
I am happy to hear that you are OK and that you have learned an indelible lesson about chemistry. I ...
20-2-2019 at 09:28
by: Magpie
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