Hi nexians  I kind of screwed up! I was going to make an extraction and when I was going to acidify my water, I took the wrong container and poured vinegar in my limonene.. I've poured around 1,5-2ml vinegar in my container with 4,5L of limonene. Is there someway I can wash my limonene? Limonene is hard to come by where I live. or am I that lucky, that the two solvents won't mix, so I can discard the upper part? Thanks in advance guys
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if they definitely havnt mixed i would say you are lucky. if it were me i would try to remove the vinegar if its separated from the limo and just carry on. i think there is a way to wash your solvent but 4,5 litres is a lot of solvent to be messing up if it goes wrong.
im fairly new here tho. u probs wana wait for some1 more advanced to chime in
hope u work it out tho
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I think they have mixed, but I can't quite see it.. Its in one of those white HDPE containers, which aren't that transparent. Thanks for your reply, though I think I will be waiting for someone with a bit more knowledge to guide me
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Vinegar (polar) and limonene (non-polar) don't mix. Your vinegar is in the bottom of your container. « I love the smell of boiling MHRB in the morning »
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Limonene is miscible with glacial acetic acid; chances are your 4.5L will have acquired a tiny amount of acidity. If this is likely to be a problem, wash portions with sodium bicarbonate solution before use. “There is a way of manipulating matter and energy so as to produce what modern scientists call 'a field of force'. The field acts on the observer and puts him in a privileged position vis-à-vis the universe. From this position he has access to the realities which are ordinarily hidden from us by time and space, matter and energy. This is what we call the Great Work." ― Jacques Bergier, quoting Fulcanelli
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downwardsfromzero wrote:Limonene is miscible with glacial acetic acid; chances are your 4.5L will have acquired a tiny amount of acidity. If this is likely to be a problem, wash portions with sodium bicarbonate solution before use. I'm no expert here so I'm not sure if it is a problem - I was hoping you guys might tell me if it ain't a problem?  Also I'm not sure what you mean with glacial acetic acid? (: About the sodium bicarbonate wash: the process would be to dissolve sodium bicarbonate in to water, mixing the solution with the limonene and when the layers separate, discard the water! Right?
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