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Title: Distilling xylene
Post by: demorol on September 04, 2001, 12:20:00 PM
I found out that Xylene is used in some pesticides as a sovent. Some of them contains a good amount of it (up to 650g/L). Now I'm thinking to distill it. What do you bees think about it? Do you think it is safe?
Give me some chemicals and I'll give you pleasure
Title: Re: Distilling xylene
Post by: Rhodium on September 04, 2001, 12:22:00 PM
I would not do it, but thatis just my personal opinion. You will never get rid of all traces of pesticides.
Title: Re: Distilling xylene
Post by: PrimoPyro on September 04, 2001, 08:16:00 PM
Is OTC Xylene a mixture of isomers? I once hard that in the "common mixture" the meta isomer is prominent, but Im only interested in the ortho... :P  Is there a decent amount of the ortho isomer in it?

Of COURSE we don't know what we're doing! That's why it's called research!  (boom...)     :)
Title: Re: Distilling xylene
Post by: foxy2 on September 04, 2001, 08:50:00 PM
if its ortho brand pesticide there must be  :P

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Title: Re: Distilling xylene
Post by: PrimoPyro on September 04, 2001, 10:09:00 PM
LMAO.....I wish...

So is every product by Ortho made of ortho-isomers then? That would be kinda nifty. What a marketing scheme...

;)

Of COURSE we don't know what we're doing! That's why it's called research!  (boom...)     :)
Title: Re: Distilling xylene
Post by: ChimChim9 on September 06, 2001, 03:10:00 AM
Is xylene not available in your area?

The o- isomer can be frationally distilled unlike the p- & m-isomers that yeild poor results when processed this way.

....or we could just sit around and poke each other with sharp sticks all day.
Title: Re: Distilling xylene
Post by: foxy2 on September 06, 2001, 03:57:00 AM
Ya better have one long column for that one.

I think my column is to short and fat  :(

:P  ;D  :)

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