Once upon a dream there was someone with 15gE/17.5gI2/16gH3PO. In this dream they combined 15mlDH2O, 16gH3PO & 17.5gI2 in a 500ml flat bottom bottle. A "getto" condenser was connected to this and it was placed in a pot filled with sand and oil.
Once HI had been made it was allowed to cool (untile the ballon collapsed) and then the 15gE was poured in a little at a time and swirled. The bottle was sealed again and placed back in the pot of sand. The temperature of the oil was slowly raised to 165°C (SWIM estimates that there was a 20/25° differance between bottle temp and oil temp) at which time everything started to bubble very nicely. After an hour the temperature of the oil was maintaining at 165/170 and activity was visible. At this point the dream takes a turn for the worse.
The bottle and "getto" condenser that SWIM was dreaming of consisyed of a 500ml small milk bottle with a cap attached, though the cap there was a PVC 1/4" hoes bib adapter affixed with 16" of 1/4" braided hose to which a balloon was attached. SWIM had used this set-up before for a RP/I rxn and had not had a problem.
Well, whether the hose adapter had been weakened from the heat in the previous rxn or it was just not able to substain the heat for this H3PO rxn is unclear but was is clear is the hose seperated from the cap after 7 hours of rxn time. When SWIM found this a portion of the Fluid had managed to make its way out of the bottle and now had the oil in the pan colored a dark black. SWIM removed the bottle, sealed it up and has set it aside.
It will probably be a few days before SWIM can finish this dream so here are his questions, please bear with SWIM because this is only his second rxn and his first H3PO rxn;
1) SWIM has a bottle which containes approximately 3/4 of the mixture that he originally started with and it's the color of motor oil after 7 hours of heat. Is this normal?
2) Can SWIM restart this rxn in a few days after he figures out how to fix up another attachment for his bottle?
3) If so, will SWIM need to add any additional H3PO or I2 at the time he restarts the rxn and how much?
The feed stock was cleaned via the IDEA method from dollar a pack 60's, I2 was from tinture and H3PO was 98% flakes and fresh.
Any and all help offered SWIM with his dream will be appreciated