The 10L unit costs $8000 and can convert the THC into CBN in 48-72 hours, They recommend a heater capable of 200c or but a 100c heater will suffice. You also need an inert atmosphere provided by nitrogen or argon.
That is all that is required, so i am assuming its just a long heat at set temp free of oxygen that slowly converts the THC to CBN. Maybe some pressure is used (im not sure)
They provided me with before and after COA’s but they were not the most promising with a LOQ of 0.2% THC.
Uodate: See below
So a 10% TAC loss and possibly still THC below 0.2% with a bunch of unknowns produced in the process. I would love to see the chromatograph.
What i found very interesting is the CBDa was not fully decarbed when the process was completed.
Disclaimer: Sub Zero did say this particular conversion was not a perfect run and they most likely ran it to long. But, IMO if they are trying to sell a product they would share one of their best conversions and not a less than ideal one to try and sell their product. IMO they should have a proven process and SOP and some very convincing COAS before releasing to market, but maybe some people are fine with low TAC “t-free”
It’s not CBDa its an isomer for sure. We’ve the same one pop up when overcooking a run in the Delta 9 “harmonic distillation” remediation machine. It will continue to rise in % if you cook it longer.
Below is the chromatogram of what we’ve been seeing post Delta 9 remediation runs.
My tech had this to say about the run:
“The chromatogram below is of the final THC remediated extract. The mystery peak at 3.37 RT is eluding with CBDA. My best guess is that it is some degradation/byproduct of the Delta9 system because during the initialization of the system, the extract is heated and decarboxylates. During this phase, the CBDA peak decreases to a non-detectable level and then will begin to grow as the system continues to run during the remediation phase at higher temperature.”
Don’t mean to hijack this thread but since most conversion guys will stop by here id figure its best to share here. So with all this hate on crc i thought to myself…maybe these ppl claiming crazy things like convulsions or passing our are not lieing…
Are we converting stuff during recovery in bho by not adjusting our ph to a neutral zone? We are passing through acidic medias. Could it be possible some unknown cannabinoid is being made? What do you guys think?
We have bought one of these chambers and after few tries, we still cannot reach the potency they are talking about. We have tried both distillate (84% CBD, 3% THC) and crude oil (60% CBD and 2,6% THC). After 100 run hours the final material had a composition of 40% CBD and 1,3% THC (crude) and 64% CBD with 2% THC (distillate, after 60 run hours). Either of the materials were dark in color after the remediation and further distillation was needed. The temperature of the reaction was 140 oC and we also run an experiment at 160 oC but without a result. They advised us to use ionized water with a higher pH than 7 but maybe distillated water would be a better option according to some first tests. Has anybody gotten better results than these and do you have any idea of what goes wrong? Thanks!
