I have not heard of that method before, but I quite like how it sounds. I bet that its performance will blow me away! I will have to test it out
sometimechloric1 - 1-9-2024 at 17:52
Centrifuging and vacuum filtration operation on the same principle. Pressure or force is applied to the precipitate to squeeze out the filtrate for
efficient separation. Vacuum filtration is more compact and more easily portable so it can be used in field work if need beBoffis - 2-9-2024 at 01:39
Of all my equipment that I have it is my vacuum filtration set-up that I use most often. I use a water ventury type vacuum pump and a range of Buchner
flasks from 100ml to 3 L with a set of ceramic Buchner funnels that take filter papers from 20mm to 150mm. I also have a selection of Hirsch funnels
and glass frit type funnels of various porosities and sizes.
They are so useful I just don't understand how anyone can do chemistry without such a set up. The sizes I use most frequently are the Buchner 4.25,
5,5 and 7cm size and the 2cm Hirsch funnel. If I were asked to recommend what equipment an amateur should buy first it would be a vacuum filtration
set up! Most other basic kit can be repurposed from domestic untensils until you start distillations etc.Sulaiman - 2-9-2024 at 03:17
Of all my equipment that I have it is my vacuum filtration set-up that I use most often...snip... so useful I just don't understand how anyone can do
chemistry without such a set up...
I agree
A lot of people manage with just coffee filters or cotton wads, plus gravity,
but I like fine filtering,
and I'm too impatient to wait for gravity to do it's thing.
(except when I did some chemistry with gold I used mostly settling by gravity and decantation,
to minimise physical losses due to filtration,
so I suppose a centrifuge would be nice to have)yobbo II - 2-9-2024 at 05:51
When filtering stuff like calcium sulphate where the ppt can be extremely fine, filtering can be very slow.
Centrifuging without a filter (just a container) and removing the liquid from the top of the solid can be useful.
When filtering stuff like calcium sulphate where the ppt can be extremely fine, filtering can be very slow.
Centrifuging without a filter (just a container) and removing the liquid from the top of the solid can be useful.
Yob
I am having an interesting experience with my current ammonium nitrate prep. About 98% of my calcium sulfate immediately precipitated with the
appearance of wet drywall sludge as expected. But as I go to boil down the clear ammonium nitrate filtrate, it will spontaneously go cloudy with the
dissolved calcium sulfate and I stop the stirring and heat to filter out what appears to be larger salt like crystals that are poorly soluble in
water. What’s more, you can filter this version of calcium sulfate through a regular coffee filter via gravity filtration. I expect a gram or two
of calcium sulfate each time I boil off 100 ml of water off the nitrate solution due to retrograde solubility.
I wonder if there is a way to grow nice gypsum crystals from ammonium nitrate solution?
