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Title: root bark distillation
Post by: Bill_Clinton on February 16, 2004, 01:11:00 AM

hello all together...
i had done a simple steam distillation. after i was finished there was a milky liquid solution in my receiving flask. at the bottom there are a couple of small droplets of sassy oil. now my question. contains the milky water some sassy, too??? can someone tell what i have to do in the next step??? Thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!

BILL CLINTON

Title: Yes it is an azeotrope of safrole + other crap
Post by: karl on February 16, 2004, 01:30:00 AM

Yes it is an azeotrope of safrole + other crap and water add some salt and solvent e.g. CH2Cl2 and let it stand for some time until you notice a visible drop in the opacity of the solution . It is difficult to get all of it out but you will probably find that there is not a significant amount entrained in there. It can take a long time for the solution to completely clear. What weight of bark did you steam distil and the volume of water that you collected?

Title: I distilled 600g of root bark and the total...
Post by: Bill_Clinton on February 16, 2004, 08:55:00 AM

I distilled 600g of root bark and the total receive with water is approximately 250ml.
i have heared that i can wash the solution with dcm.
is this correct?

BILL CLINTON

Title: CH2Cl2 != DCM
Post by: silenziox on February 16, 2004, 03:28:00 PM

Title: ok... i have a very bad yield.
Post by: Bill_Clinton on February 16, 2004, 04:17:00 PM

ok...
i have a very bad yield. from 600g root i got 2ml of sass.
the root bark i have bought from a herbal store. i think this stuff is real shit. in europe we do not have sassafras trees. can someone tell me where i can buy better bark???

BILL CLINTON