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May 10th, 2003, 09:54 PM
Raven
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From: the clouds of war
Registered: APR 2001
posted 04-13-2001 07:25 PM
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I'm sorry i'm not as smart as you guys but what is vacuum distilling what kind of vacuum should i use dirt devel a dust buster hoover what????
Anthony
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From: England
Registered: SEP 2000
posted 04-13-2001 07:55 PM
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the idea of vacuum distillation is to lower the boiling point of what you are trying to distill, making it easier to distill/not decompose it.
Chainsaw
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From: Estonia
Registered: SEP 2000
posted 04-13-2001 08:38 PM
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I think it is way too complicated to make this still at home... proper lab equippment is required ie. like real vacuum pump... not vacuum cleaner
Anthony
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From: England
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posted 04-13-2001 09:22 PM
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It can all be improvised with a little effort.
pete
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From: u.k
Registered: JAN 2001
posted 04-14-2001 06:55 AM
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How can it be improvised, were the heck do you get a vacumm pump from, i could use this knowledge for separating out nitromethane from the oils and methanol they mix it with in model fuels.
nbk2000
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From: Guess
Registered: SEP 2000
posted 04-14-2001 11:15 AM
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Refrigerators use compressor pumps which (when hooked up in reverse) become capable vacuum pumps.
An amateur scientist article described how to do the conversion as part of making a particle accelerator. It's also in the Amateur Scientist projects book which you may find in a library.
Or, if you did a search on the 'net, like I did, you would have found an article like this one.
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"The knowledge that they fear is a weapon to be used against them"
Go here to download the NBK2000 website PDF.
Go here to download the NBK2000 videos.
[This message has been edited by nbk2000 (edited April 14, 2001).]
Raven
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Posts: 14
From: the clouds of war
Registered: APR 2001
posted 04-14-2001 12:23 PM
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Thankyou all so much expecially nbk2000 i am now going to attempt to make a vacuum pump
thankyou.
10fingers
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Posts: 411
From: USA
Registered: SEP 2000
posted 04-14-2001 12:26 PM
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You can get a device which connects to your water faucet to create a moderate vacuum, it's called an aspirator and costs less than $10.00. Pyrotek has them.
New Member
Posts: 14
From: the clouds of war
Registered: APR 2001
posted 04-13-2001 07:25 PM
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I'm sorry i'm not as smart as you guys but what is vacuum distilling what kind of vacuum should i use dirt devel a dust buster hoover what????
Anthony
Moderator
Posts: 2306
From: England
Registered: SEP 2000
posted 04-13-2001 07:55 PM
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the idea of vacuum distillation is to lower the boiling point of what you are trying to distill, making it easier to distill/not decompose it.
Chainsaw
New Member
Posts: 34
From: Estonia
Registered: SEP 2000
posted 04-13-2001 08:38 PM
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I think it is way too complicated to make this still at home... proper lab equippment is required ie. like real vacuum pump... not vacuum cleaner
Anthony
Moderator
Posts: 2306
From: England
Registered: SEP 2000
posted 04-13-2001 09:22 PM
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It can all be improvised with a little effort.
pete
Frequent Poster
Posts: 56
From: u.k
Registered: JAN 2001
posted 04-14-2001 06:55 AM
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How can it be improvised, were the heck do you get a vacumm pump from, i could use this knowledge for separating out nitromethane from the oils and methanol they mix it with in model fuels.
nbk2000
Moderator
Posts: 1096
From: Guess
Registered: SEP 2000
posted 04-14-2001 11:15 AM
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Refrigerators use compressor pumps which (when hooked up in reverse) become capable vacuum pumps.
An amateur scientist article described how to do the conversion as part of making a particle accelerator. It's also in the Amateur Scientist projects book which you may find in a library.
Or, if you did a search on the 'net, like I did, you would have found an article like this one.
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"The knowledge that they fear is a weapon to be used against them"
Go here to download the NBK2000 website PDF.
Go here to download the NBK2000 videos.
[This message has been edited by nbk2000 (edited April 14, 2001).]
Raven
New Member
Posts: 14
From: the clouds of war
Registered: APR 2001
posted 04-14-2001 12:23 PM
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Thankyou all so much expecially nbk2000 i am now going to attempt to make a vacuum pump
thankyou.
10fingers
Frequent Poster
Posts: 411
From: USA
Registered: SEP 2000
posted 04-14-2001 12:26 PM
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You can get a device which connects to your water faucet to create a moderate vacuum, it's called an aspirator and costs less than $10.00. Pyrotek has them.