the second quote "the magic trick is two fold’ was me quoting Graywolf from the article I had previously referenced and then cyclopath posted a link to. cyclopath was saying he didn’t understand how it worked but that answer was right in the blog he posted he just didn’t read far enough into the blog so I quoted that part.
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Salt water washing uses a separatory funnel as above, but we start out dissolving the extraction to be cleaned directly into hot n-Hexane, and then washing the hexane solution with saturated salt water.
The magic trick is two fold. The saline exposes any proteins hydrophobic surfaces, making them insoluble in water, so that they precipitate out, and the saturated water has no room for anything but the alcohol, which aids that process.
We start out by making four or five liters of saturated salt water in a glass (or ceramic) container, by mixing sodium chloride (table salt) in hot tap water with a hand mixer until no more will dissolve. We buy the salt cheap by the bag, using salt intended for water softener use.
We perform the salt water wash of the hexane mixture, by simply pouring the salt water and hexane into the separatory funnel together in about equal parts and shaking well and burping, before allowing the mixture to separate out into layers.
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I read far enough…
Above is a more complete quote. Switches mid-stride from hexane to alcohol, and back again. Then describes the water as ONLY having room for the alcohol. Which is the exact opposite of what it should say…I’m guessing I assumed typo on the “alcohol” when I read it the first time.
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i stand corrected brother good catch you are completely right!
You have a inline fans intake pulling right next to a pyrrx full of a combustible vapor. Lol op blew up
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