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The Hive => Newbee Forum => Topic started by: aleph on February 05, 2004, 03:38:00 AM

Title: Solvent taste
Post by: aleph on February 05, 2004, 03:38:00 AM

Is heat drying (heat lamp) satisfactory for removing the solvent from end product?  Honey bee tasting like acetone.  yuck

Title: For acetone
Post by: hsark on February 05, 2004, 07:25:00 AM

Swim would say yes. Acetone has a low boiling point and therefor is easy to evaporate. Just redry it. It probably just wasnt dried enough the first time.

Title: thanks, hsark
Post by: aleph on February 06, 2004, 12:14:00 AM

thanks, hsark.  i'll give it a go...

Title: SWIM uses a heat lamp drying the product on a...
Post by: Just4Fun on February 11, 2004, 12:46:00 AM

SWIM uses a heat lamp drying the product on a mirrow for 1 hour and has no bad taste.

Title: depends on solvent
Post by: methlab on February 11, 2004, 05:11:00 PM

read Rhodium's posts on "methylamine smell" in final product, maybe this helpes. My first product smelled like xylene or other unwanted stuff. Since i am doing an A/B and recrystallize 2x  this has never occured again. Pure product smells/tastes different to this normal, commercially available stuff.