Internal Journal: Future's Pesticide Remediation Tek

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Internal Journal: Future's Pesticide Remediation Tek

Have any insight on why washing with an alkali solution helps prevent the pink/purple? Saponification of triglycerides also makes them saline soluble, but why didnt they disassociate in the acid wash?

That info is conflicting with what @photon_noir mentioned, basically the opposite. He said in my thread that it is the basic ph that causes it?

pH balancing THC distillate (quick oxidation/color issues)

If it isn’t gums oxidizing, it’s the cannabinoids or cannabinoid-like byproducts of the distillation. That’s generally the rose color people see in very pure almost colorless stuff, and yes, it is purple if exposed to basic pH at some point during processing. I believe this pink color is the formation of quinoids, which are oxidized cannabinoids that actually have extra oxygen atoms attached to them at various sites on the molecules.

Odd thing is that Celite 545 which is supposedly summits filter silica, has a ph of 10-10.5. Magsil has a ph of something like 9.5 as well.

Ive also heard many times that a citric wash removes this purple/pink.

Ive also heard several times neutral being mentioned.

So I’ve heard it all so far, wondering which is correct?