in making HI via KI+phosphoric, is there any reason why i'd wouldn't want my condenser to be vertical? i was planning on just using two 90* glass elbows betweed my RXN flask and condenser so i could distill it right off the edge of my table, straight down (into a recieving vessel of course). that way i can simply bore out a hole in the recievers stopper big enough to fit the end of the condenser.
is this ok? I ask simply because the still heads i've seen tend to be only slightly angled downward.
also, how dangerous of a procedure is this to do without ventillation? i'm using a thick 250ml flat bottom pyrex flask as the rxn vessel, on a homemade, but solid hotplate, all other equipment is the real deal except for tube connecting the two glass elbows between the cond and rxn flask, and two more glass elbows between the recieving vessel and the water trap, which is made of clear vinyl.