He is thinking about using iron fillings next time to quench with instead of H20 just in case of unreacted Na that might be lurking about...
Excuse my ignorance but what do you mean by "iron fillings"?
Got some of the longest needles ever seen on the drying plate. About 3 inches long and almost perfectly lined up in sets of 10-15 lines each.
Sounds more like eph/pseudo but would depend on crystalisation solvents.
Very potent heart pounding, sketchy stuff, tingly senations all over. Possible contaminants or just very pure??.
Definately sounds more like eph/pseudo, so your method sounds like more fiddling for a lot of unreduced stock.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
Now, I like the idea of pre-dissolving the Li seperately first and then slowly pouring it into the FRED freebase but the problem is the rate at which the NH3 wants to boil back into a gas. Pouring this out of the air can cause a big mess to say the least. Some type of chilled pumping mechanism may work well.
it might, but it is not necessary. With pre-chilled
electrons added to pre-chilled prego, the gas elution
is no biggee. just have a good fan at your back, blowing by you...