Dichloromethane

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Here is the thread showing the solubility test.

Wax in solvent solubility test

Here is a time lapse of the wax obtained from dewaxing then being disolved at the same time in six different solvents I keep on hand routinely. Here on the right is the wax removed from the extract and methanol on the left. It was dried on Column with a vacuum then left to air dry for a bit. [IMG_0416] Here now is the dried wax shown distributed by estimation into roughly equal portions and loaded into each test tube. Behind and in the order they are put in the tubes are the solvents to be t…

I don’t know why others might not choose the stuff except it would require gearing up in a whole new way. For instance, right now all the seals, gaskets, and o-rings and such in these systems are designed for ethanol now generally. If you needed to use dichloromethane or any other less polar solvent then most certainly seals would be a problem. I toasted a sublimator seal pretty fast by exposing it to solvents like this. The theoretical of course takes a back seat to the practical. The practical matter here is the availabiliy of systems able to be licensed for hydrocarbon extraction. In Oregon it is banned. So any likely manufacturer would be locked out of at least one state and likely most states. This makes it unattractive to dump R&D money into a process.