hydraliskdragon Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 I obtained a 3.5 feet long flint glass tube and an erlenmeyer flask to use as a distillation apparatus. The Teflon tape wraps the rubber stopper since that distilling acid's can dissolve the rubber. I used my LPG (Liquid Propane Torch) to bend the flint glass tube while blowing into it sightly to avoid closure of the tube and not too hard as to pop open the tube. I have yet to set up a proper condenser unit on my apparatus but will be working on it soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitric Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 looks good, what you going to try distilling first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hydraliskdragon Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 First of, im planning to distill H2O2 to check for flaws and to see if all functions correctly. Then im planning to distill acid's and plant matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 you wanna Die!? do NOT distill H2O2!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comandante Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 yeah, distilling peroxide in that would probably be a bad idea. Try with something simpler, plant material maybe, it's fun. How will you cool the condensing pipe, put some wet towel on it? edit; I missed your last sentence, so you're making a proper condenser? Out of what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hydraliskdragon Posted November 27, 2008 Author Share Posted November 27, 2008 Im planning to use the cold finger method on the distilate side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comandante Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Cold finger? hmmm never heard of that one. Show us when you're done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 I'm just hoping that H2O2 was a typo with one "2" too many. The first thing you should check a still with is water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hydraliskdragon Posted November 27, 2008 Author Share Posted November 27, 2008 Hehe, ok a typo. The cold finger method is a extremly cold surface above the distilate to instanly condense the gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitric Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 cold fingers are used mainly for sublimations not distillations, you should go with a long tube from one flask or test tube to another, dont try cold finger unless your purifying iodine or high temp distills(sulfur/sodium) which are not common for home chemists to do(at least sulfur and sodium) this is a good article on cold fingers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_finger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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