Joe459 Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 How would one go about doing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Why would one do this? Assuming it's for analysis something like this might help you. http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/technical-documents/articles/reporter-us/radiello-diffusive.html This may well also work. http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/mdhs/pdfs/mdhs63-2.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enthalpy Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Would you tell more? Whether you want to analyze traces of isoprene in air, remove isoprene vapours from the breathable atmosphere in a working area, or even produce isoprene from tree emissions in a plantation, the method will differ! Especially whether you want to obtain the isoprene (condensation, solvent, adsorption) or just remove it destructively (ozone, UV, catalyst, filter?). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe459 Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 I was inspired by how much the dictanmus albus plant produces and was thinking of trying to harvest it from plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 It may be more practical to collect the polymer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_rubber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe459 Posted June 21, 2014 Author Share Posted June 21, 2014 Ah okay, so according to the internet, if you heat the polymer you can then get the gas? It'd be hard to grow all of these arid, steppe climate plants inConnecticut though... At least the ones that produce isoprene/natural rubber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 I have no idea what the climate is like in Connecticut, but dandelions grow like weeds in most places. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131028114547.htm What do you want isoprene for? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enthalpy Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Fantastic! Love the dandelions idea. If some route is practical to obtain the head-to-tail trimer or tetramer of isoprene, then the branched alkanes resulting from full hydrogenation (farnesane, phytane) look great as: vacuum oil and grease cooling liquid for electronic equipment transformer oil and as rocket fuel and jet fuel if cheap enough. Their liquid range is like -100°C to +260 or +300°C, wow. Previous thoughts http://www.chemicalforums.com/index.php?topic=56069.msg202845#msg202845 Extract isoprene from air: circulate the greenhouse's air through a solvent mist? Or to save power, make the air-to-solvent contact like in a humidifier (The drawing was meant for a multiphase reactor, just forget the closed vessel here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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