overvoltage
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Wired acetic acid impurities
So I tried to make glacial acetic acid by heating Sodium bisulfate and Sodium Acetate.
I did generate acetic acid but I overheated it and some wired milky liquid
(or white solid dissolved in Acetic acid) came over and contaminated my product as well as coating the inside of my cooler.
This impurity has a very strong smell I would describe as garlic like.
I overheated it so much i managed to crack my borosilicate Erlenmeyer.
The 1500W hotplate I used was just way to powerful.
Well the problem is that this wired impurity is stuck in my destillation setup and i was unable to remove it by rinsing it with Water, Ethanol,
Acetone, Hydrochloric Acid and Sodium Hydroxide.
I got some of it off by pushing a piece of cloth soaked in Hydrochloric Acid through the condenser with a Stick. But the smell is still there.
What could this stuff be?
Any ideas on how to remove it?
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Some additional info:
The Sodium bisulfate I used was straight from Pool PH down so its purity is questionable to say the least.
The Sodium Acetate was made by reacting NaOH with a solution of 25% Acetic Acid in water.
Both were oven dried and not recrystallized.
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