Gum Sprits

[ADDkid]

Swig was wonder if he could use gum spirits (turpentine) to do acid base extractions,  all the msds say is don't mix with chlorine and strong oxd.

[Rhodium]

It is not suitable for such purposes, as turpentine is relatively high-boiling, contains a lot of impurities and has low solvent power (due to it being very non polar). It is even a worse solvent than xylene.

[Chewbacca]

not to mention that it completely and utterly stinks up the lab... worst smell of all the NPs SWIC has ever used, yuck