LuckyWinner - 14-12-2022 at 12:12
Been trying to vacuum distill xylene BP 138c at a 6mbar vacuum.
vacuum BP should be at 10c.
Im using a water bath with strong magnetic stirring and tried heating it up slowly but at some point it
rapidly starts foaming up and volcanoing immediately though the condenser into the receiving flask.
is there a trick to prevent this?
Im using a short path distillation setup.
would putting a claisen adapter on top of it help?
and the condenser water temperature ... if its at 0c it will be sufficient to liquidize the
10c xylene vapors?
Rainwater - 14-12-2022 at 16:08
Optional: Insert a thermowell into the solution.
Slowly apply a vacuum until the mixture begins to boil. You will notice the solution temp began to drop.
If you continue to pull more vacuum the solution will boil out of control until the temp drops.
Basic rules for any vacuum distillation
https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=10...
[Edited on 15-12-2022 by Rainwater]
Fyndium - 17-12-2022 at 00:32
In case of foaming, I don't know.
In case of bumping, you will wanna use stronger stirring (overhead preferably), or if not available, a capillary bleeder.
Some stuff is very prone to bumping and I have found boiling chips of any sort (from porcelain to activated carbon) be of little help. Only thing that
universally works is strong (overhead) stirring. Capillary bleeder works most of the time, but it is a bit tricky to draw and set up, and the
capillary is easily blocked, so you will have to re-draw it. The needle needs to be only such that microscopic aerosol bubbles are formed when you
blow through the tube underwater, under vacuum these bubbles will expand into big blasts of expanding gas.
And like said, you must never apply vacuum OR boiling chips to a heated reaction, both will cause it to violently blow over. You can never apply
chips, but with vacuum, you can carefully jerk it up by gradually applying vacuum with a valve, and some will initially boil over very quickly, but as
energy is drawn from the reaction, it will balance out, and eventually allow for sustained vacuum boiling.
Mateo_swe - 21-12-2022 at 05:25
Have you tried not to use any vacuum?
140°C isnt high temp, or are there any other resons for using the vacuum?