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The Hive => Chemistry Discourse => Topic started by: M3Psych on January 27, 2003, 08:29:00 PM

Title: GBL Purification
Post by: M3Psych on January 27, 2003, 08:29:00 PM
SWIM has found a source for GBL, unfortunately the purity is probably sub par (+/- 99.2%) and the product may contain other chemicals. What can she do to purify the GBL? Would a steam distillation work?
Title: I would suggest a vacuum distillation, where...
Post by: Rhodium on January 27, 2003, 08:38:00 PM
I would suggest a vacuum distillation, where you discard the first and last 10%, alternatively a regular distillation, doing the same thing.