https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/equipment/pictures/distillation_big.jpg (https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/equipment/pictures/distillation_big.jpg)
https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/equipment/vacuumgauge.html (https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/equipment/vacuumgauge.html)
Rotary Evaporator (https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/pdf/rotary.evaporator.pdf)
(https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/pdf/rotary.evaporator.pdf) when saying that they are very expensive? This kind of equipment is lab luxury, but for the hobbyist, you can almost always substitute it with an ordinary distillation setup with magnetic stirring and a vacuum source (a cheap aspirator, or a vacuum pump).Distillation For Dummies (https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/equipment/distillation4dummies.html)
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