Needing some advice - Short path related (where did my THC go?)

Awesome. It’s good practice to record data points every 15 mins or if anything changes visually or in some drastic manner. This will help with trouble shooting and is great for training purposes later on :call_me_hand:

Edit: The helpful data points are time, set temp, perceived temp, vapor temp, vacuum level, and stir bar speed

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Decarb process is -
270 in a oven, over night.

Temps is -
175 vapor
185 flask.

Vacuum is 500 or less micron.

Everything is winterized as well.

That might be your issue. Do you have any crude left over at all that you can test after that decarb process. I like 110c for 2 hours on a magnetic stirring hot plate or stainless stock pot with constant stirring

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yes, winterization is done.

Oh we have plenty to mess around with honestly.

Start here: Chromatogram: 3% THC

And follow some of the links contained therein…

If you took fractions, and only had ONE tested, the trivial answer could simply be that you’re looking in the wrong place.

If you’ve wrecked your cannabinoid profile (isomerized), then you need to look at the chromatogram to actually see that.

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Do you have any labs of your material pre-decarb and post-decarb.

I’d be interested to see how the numbers compare after being exposed to those temps for that long

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I have tested all of the fractions. I just only posted the highest. The 40% is the second fraction.

I make terrible distillate....why?

(It’s a link…)

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Did you do a Mass balance ?

Are you missing any?

If so you wrecked it. If not, you failed to separate. Grok?

Do you have the chromatograms?

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I don’t as we sent it off for testing. I guess, I could request those?

You’re gonna need them…

The lab is not going to quantitate stuff they can’t ID. Ideally they should raise their hand and mention when there are large peaks they can’t ID, and if you find that there ARE, having a chat with the lab director about their reporting practices is suggested. Or just finding a new lab if they’re not responsive to suggestions.

We have been lab shopping. I am waiting on some more samples to come back actually from other labs. We have been getting some inconsistent numbers and its frustrating.

In House analytics Early rather than late…

Chromatograms or it didn’t happen!

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Chances are: Isomerization of Co2 extracted Crude

Just a brief look at the test and that 22% cbc pops out. . It’s It’s issue I’ve been fighting on A recent batch…any reason to believe the start biomass may co tain sulfur resudues?

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Doh!!

Yeah, absolutely NOT CBC!!

Can’t believe we STILL have labs getting that wrong!!

@Canna_bis503 : THC Imposters (Isomers)

And go smack the lab director up side the fucking head, they’re an idiot!

If they LOOK at the data they’ll find the absorption spectra is wrong for CBC

Edit: and please out said fool here. So others can avoid them. Or educate them…

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Short path CO2 crude is like SPD on Very Hard mode, lol.

Surprisingly common how often it turns out “CBC” on lab results when not processed correctly.

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wait … what are you trying to say?