Elrik wrote:Naphtha is too strong of a solvent for freeze crystallization
While your naphtha may be different and contain significant quantities of aromatic components, in my experience as long as it contains, principally, aliphatic hydrocarbons - and little to zero in the way of aromatics - it will precipitate just fine in the freezer.
JMelbrook17, if you have a pint (476mL) of naphtha from pulling 75g of bark it's little wonder there's nothing precipitating. As
an alternative to wasting solvent and polluting the atmosphere by evaporating your naphtha, performing a mini A/B by backsalting into vinegar, adding base, then pulling again with far smaller volumes of naphtha will also do the trick.
Considering that from the amount of bark you've used, 1.5g of DMT might be considered an excellent yield; therefore the maximum amount of 5% acidity vinegar you would need to use to wash your naphtha will be: (60/188
)*1.5*(100/5)= just under 10mL. Clearly a larger volume would be slightly easier to handle so you can dilute this with distilled or deionised water.
Of course, there's always a possibility that your extraction was unsuccessful but without further details it's harder to pinpoint any problem. That said, the two likely problems are poor technique or bunk bark.
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