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The most expensive part of alot of teks nowadays is the D-Limonene. Has anyone come up with a sure fire way to clean it enough to use again? Most people dont have a distilation setup so the obvious answer is out of most peoples grasps. Is cleaning with HCL then water then drying with magnesioum sulfate enogh? ThirdEyeVision
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i was wondering a bit about this, too.
d-limonene is completely insoluble with water, so wouldn't that be enough?
possibly ethanol or ipa
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The MgSO4 question is the key here, I think. If you can clean it with volumes of hot water of varying PH, the only concern should be whether you can return it to >95% purity.
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Is limo completely insoluble with water? I've had water I've recovered from FASW that smelled of oranges, and limo wont clear up for me once i add water until I raise the temperature on the jar. Everything I post is made up fiction. SWIM represents a character who is not based in or on reality.
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I was under the impression it was very slightly water soluble, could be wrong though. I think my friend may break down and get a distillation setup, it would be fun to have anyways  Anyone know what temp limo distills at? ThirdEyeVision
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Where's Jorkest?
Bet he's got an answer for us.
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d-limonene boils at 176 C, according to wikipedia. You might be able to clean it by repeatedly "extracting" it with acidic water, but I wouldn't hold out too much hope for this. If you've got to re-use the limo i'd try cleaning it - couldn't hurt. Suppose a distillation apparatus could pay for itself in the long run by saving you from having to buy more limo... benzyme wrote:
i'm tellin ya, one day i'll interface a mass spec and uv-vis spectrophotometer to a modular synthesizer
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w0mbat wrote:d-limonene boils at 176 C, according to wikipedia. Thanks. w0mbat wrote:Suppose a distillation apparatus could pay for itself in the long run by saving you from having to buy more limo... Exactly what I was thinking. A $130 investment but many years of fun  ThirdEyeVision
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SWIM is working on setting up a still anyway, but this may be a simple way to recycle limonene:  If this is done, and a bunch of gunk is left in the bottom of the pot, then it's no longer in the limonene.
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