Posted this in the newbee forum but rarely get replies to opiate related questions there. Probably belongs here anyway...
My dawg Fido wants to make some oxycodone from the 14-hydroxycodeinone he found. Fido has pd black and likes it cause it is easy to make and the precursor is easy to order since Fido thinks he is a photographer. Fido could order pd/c but always like to keep chemical purchases to a minimum. In this process, can pd black be substituted for pd/c? Fido trying to make big leap of doggy logic here. Is the difference simply in the surface area available on the catalyst? That is the pd on the c is applied very thin hence you get more surface area per gr of pd?