Let’s say I fill my boiling flask with 16,000 kg in a 20L.
How much would you say between heads, main body and tails, that would be left?
Like will I lose 30-40% just to terpenes burning off and vapors of the undesirables and obviously some weight in my cold trap .
Just looking for what like the average loss would be overall you guys have noticed .
All of the answers to your question will begin with, IF. Best thing to do is run it and figure it out.
If you fill your 20L still with 16,000kg you will have a big mess. Your loss will be about 15985kg. 16l in a 20l is pushing it if that’s what you meant. 75% of your flask volume is a lot. 80% is probably too much.
Figure typical losses range from 25-60% depending on starting material. Don’t guess, you’ll be wrong. Just run it like @BG305 suggested…but maybe with a few 1000ml less.
For hydrocarbon input on a 5L, we see 6-9 % of mass loss for heads, an average of 77% mains of the starting mass, and anywhere from 10-30 % of mass left as tails for first pass. Less heads, and less tails, more mains during a second pass. Distillate always comes out high 80’s low 90’s potency wise for first pass.
Do you know how to do basic math?
Is that directed at me? Those numbers are rough estimates, averages, +/- a few percent depending on variations in crude. Those averages are from multiple runs. If that was from one specific run, I can see where the concern would be.
Heres my average.
For every 100g of crude, I’m pulling 75g of mains. But I have a bad ass etoh wash I do to net me those numbers.
Do you know how to not be a cunt?
Nope.
I once had a teacher who would ask me the same question I would ask him and he would do it repeatedly untill i caught the point. I was trying to do the same and strike a light bulb moment.
The math is very subjective.
Most people should see it as this.
100% volume.
80% test.
So you should see maybe 99% of your 80 potency. So basic math can generally allow someone to subtract the upper and lower based on collective fraction removal.
Not happening. Even 16000g would be pushing it.
Haha I see what I did there , definitely did not mean 16,000 meant 16 kg
Thank you, this helps me out. Always good to have data to compare your own too 