1. Iodine, and Hypo 30% are both lab grade purchased from Canadian chem supplier. The ephedrine SWIM purchased from Canadian fitness/bodybuilding product supplier, but it is also 100% pure Ephedrine HCL(no additional additives.
I only dream of ingredients of that quality. I'd be real careful, your leaving one hell of a paper trail, i'm sure you realise this.
4. SWIM would like to ask Shorty and/or 8-ball, if turning on the stirrer on the hotplate/stirrer combo, would hurt the reaction? SWIM is aware that it is not needed, but what would be the effect of the stirrer being on?
I can't imagine it would hurt, but i can't see the point in it, no doubt somebee has done beefore, if so, it was never adopted as common practice.
- SWIM will invest in a 2 necked Round Bottom Flask(In order to monitor the temp as well with a thermometer). UTFSE suggested it is better than a flat bottom flask. Shorty/8-ball, what size 2-necked RBF would be appropriate for a 5g of E reduction?
You could probably get away with a 250ml rbf easily, though i have not seen one that small, and i am sure your reactions won't stay at 5gms either so i would step up to a 500ml rbf twin neck, one a B14 thermometer slot and the other a 19/26. This also depends on the size of your coil(from memory, sounds like a graham). If i'm wrong Rhodium will no doubt correct me. hehe
-Shorty/8-ball will cold tap water suffice, or does swim have to circulate ice water through the condenser?
I guess that depends where you are, the cold water out of my tap would be 24c-26c at the peak of the day, so i run iced water out of my esky(thats always full of beer)through a fish pond pump.