I have done several extractions with lye and HCL using my buchner funnel. I am now interested in making a cannabis tincture using my buchner funnel to filter an alcohol/cannabis mixture. Is this safe to do? Can the funnel and vacuum flask be cleaned sufficiently so that i won't be ingesting any lye or acid with my tincture and if so, how should i clean it? Anyone know how harmfull it is to ingest minute quantities of lye or hydrochloric acid?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
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Rinse & soak in water, several times. This should take care of it.
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minute traces of sodium hydroxide, and hcl are fine...
boil the vessel in salty water if you are concerned
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dg wrote:
boil the vessel in salty water if you are concerned
there is no need for that, lye and hcl are both well water soluble As a kemist I never met ILPT in physical form and never talk to him. He share his wisdom, trough my mind, telepathicly only. Please don`t prosecute me, for his possible illegal activities. He is bonkers about chemistry and doesn`t even exist in this primitive reality !!!
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As kemist said, wash with warm water, it will easily dissolve any trace acid and base.
If there might be traces of solvents, wash with ethanol/vodka
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Thanks for the info everyone! That puts my mind at ease. No more worrying about poisoning myself haha.
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kemist wrote:dg wrote:
boil the vessel in salty water if you are concerned
there is no need for that, lye and hcl are both well water soluble salt is a safe abrasive for glassware
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