Thats what i figured it was.
I was able to dissolve THCa into terpenes and add that to distillate. Filled some cartridges and will be checking in on them weekly. Test came back at 5% THCa which is what I saw in the patent.
I will update with results when I have them.
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Nice. I found that up to 10%-15% THC-A can be successfully dissolved in distillate without recrystallizing and clogging up the hardware. If you cold-crash your THC-A, the HTE fraction can easily have 40% THC-A content.
Those crystals get into ceramic core āporesā of vape hardware and prevent flow. In order for a vape cart to operate properly, you need to have good air-oil exchange. Clogged cores=no exchange=burnt flavors.
That makes a lot of sense, I will avoid pushing those numbers.
When dissolving THCa into distillate do you just heat the distillate and mix isolate in? That sounds like a great option.
Iād make sure the thc-a is properly pulverized first. Method is based on budget and scale. You can get a mortar and pestle, commercial herb grinder, or actively cooled planetary centrifuge(best option).
My method would be to heat terp-less distillate(80-90c) and add pulverized thc-a.
Aggressive stirring until total clarity. Add terps, homogenize, argon blanket and seal for cooling.
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Carotenoids and a polyphenols in a blend with light monoterp fractions from low temp fresh frozen extracts? Introduced slowly and under pressure at low temps? Iāve tried to make antioxidant blends too and it seems like the only safe-to-smoke antioxidants i can find are all fragile and expensive af
You can pulse an atomized high pressure Co2/butane/propane mix through a column of fresh frozen material rapidly and gather delicate terps without pulling too many cannabinoids
You clearly have no clue what you are talking about. Stop giving bad advice. Keep your ego in your own threads.
Ive been around this industry for a very long time and im pretty respectful and respected. I think my lack of ego is annoying to your ego. These are threads designed to discuss and help each other. Your level of hatred for a random person implies that you have very little emotional maturity. Pulsing supercritical gasses through plant matter to grab monoterps isnt nonsense. Ive made thousands of batches of bho, distillate, etc. If you think what im saying is incorrect then you just donāt have much extraction experience. Upward atomized vapor is how many extraction devices work. Think about a Moka Potā¦
Not sure I grasp what you mean
A blend of 3 gasses at what pressure ?
Yeah you can pump liquid butane/propane into a chamber with dry ice. Then when the dry ice sublimates it will act as a propellant for the solvents. Keeping everything under pressure and sending the mix through small orifices will ensure full atomization of the gasses. I guess its a supercritical blend, but idk what to call it. The gasses will fractionate and youll lose all the co2 if it isnt pressurized and kept moving. Refrigeration at the nozzle can get the mix cold enough to bottom out my -70f laser temp gun. Send that mix rapidly through a column from the bottom up. Pulsing it is best. Youll get light watery monoterp fractions with the initial pull. Then you can keep it going to get all the noids and such
This setup was for an open blast project i did. Dont shame me on it. Prior to the material column there is a big propane tank full of dry ice. The butane/propane feeds into the bottom of the chamber and is shot directly against the dry ice. The resulting pool will create a headspace packed full of atomized vapors. That headspace is kept at 50-100psi, and sent via a pressure valve up top that only opens at 70psi. Its a homemade setup. But it produces specific fractions and requires zero post processing(dewaxing, crc). I need to get a formalized design up and running, but extracts are just a personal project for me
Very interesting
There are some physics I don t grasp yet but give me some time 
So althou the bp of butane and propane is lower than dry ice some still gets to the head space
And then go s in a gaseous firm to the biomass correct
Yeah i really dont know if it should be called an azeotrope. Or just a blend thats atomized with pressure from the c02. Sublimating c02 into a supercritical gas can lower the temp drastically without decreasing the extraction efficiency. This mix can penetrate dense wet plant matter very effectively. I actually use a sintered puck of fresh frozen at the end of the chamber as a filter. That video was done with a 50 micron steel mesh filter with a puck behind it. Its full of monoterps and it comes off a banger with zero residue. Idk what purity ive achieved. But i know its cleaner than anything ive ever had, even distillate
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It can be sent up, down, or sideways through a material column. You just gotta watch pressure and remember to not let the c02 go liquid. With a lack of solvent, c02 under pressure can liquify. The pressures achieved here are enough to do that too. It will clog the extractor bad if that occurs. But its easy to avoid. Ive been able to get clear extracts anytime i keep the whole mix supercritical. Even a moment of fractionation will ruin it. Its all about turbulence. The c02 doesnt want to atomize the hydrocarbons. Its a very intuitive process with lots of caveats
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Let me guess: its an art form that requires dynamic adjustment to the nucleation of the atomic spheres, using biomimetic actualization of the extraction paradigm. Thatās why you canāt provide an SOP?
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What bullshit is this now ?
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I hope you all realize I was extremely sarcastic, immitating the writing style of @CellularSecrets
SHAME.
Your experiment, explanation, and reasoning are all incorrect. I hate to be so negative and continually harass you, but you are giving terrible advise to people that can result in injury or death. Please shut up.
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You have problems man. Please get some help