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uchiacon

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Basifying cigarette tobacco
« on: May 08, 2013, 04:34:13 AM »
Hey guys,

I have a whole lot of cigarette tobacco. I assume its got a slight acidic pH between 6 and 7.

If I wanted to raise the pH to around 7-7.5ish, any ideas of what base I could use to do this? I was thinking ammonia in very trace amounts but would it leave a nasty flavour? Maybe a weak base in a solvent to be sprayed on the tobacco? Calibrate pH to about 8 and spray it on?

Pipe tobacco is $50/50g tin here. I will not pay that. No matter how rich I am.

If I increase the pH I can stick it in me pipe and rely on my mouth to do all the absorption.

Ideas?
« Last Edit: May 08, 2013, 04:45:39 AM by uchiacon »

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Re: Basifying cigarette tobacco
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2013, 05:40:00 AM »
Grow your own tobacco?
Also - I think Ammonia is the way it is done, or perhaps it is a byproduct of the curing process? I am unsure.
I doubt you'd get a smooth smoke out of anything like sodium carbonate, etc - so what other choices do you really have?
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Re: Basifying cigarette tobacco
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2013, 10:48:05 AM »
Quote from: Vesp on May 08, 2013, 05:40:00 AM
Grow your own tobacco?
Also - I think Ammonia is the way it is done, or perhaps it is a byproduct of the curing process? I am unsure.
I doubt you'd get a smooth smoke out of anything like sodium carbonate, etc - so what other choices do you really have?

Ammonia in water or methanol ya reckon?Will be a bit difficult to get the pH right, lol!

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Re: Basifying cigarette tobacco
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2013, 04:00:04 PM »
Magnesium hydroxide is your safest bet I'd imagine. Mg in smoke isn't too horrifying, as it's easily solvated by the body and doesn't form any weird organometallics or catalyze anything ugly.

It's generally available as -- what else? -- an antacid, milk of magnesia.
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