Half decarb ?
Thats a strange thing meaning it holds on to the thc-a and thc ?
Yust for sience not judging
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I hope some members chime in not having nda signed on this tech
@Photon_noir @qga @anon93688 @davidbd O you are already here
Can any modulator link @Termite his original post to this tread ?
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This doesnāt make a lot of sense to me. THC is way larger than 3A
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Darnit i thought this would have detonated by Now
@Ruwan what other mechanical affinity
Is at play here
Pretty sure pore sizing is not it
Unless a part of the molecule structure present in thc-a and thc fits
@krative. @ScoobyDoobie @coppertop WAKE UP
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A size exclusion technique is unlikely to be too effective for THC/CBD separation, their MW is exactly the same and their shape is very similar. Verify it works first before worrying about mechanism. Might be just BS.
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This doesnt make sense tbh
Thc and CBD have the same weight and size pretty much
Why would thc be attracted to 3a sieve and not cbd?
Polarity is the only reason but it still doesnt make sense
Anyone else got a guess on how this could work?
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You took the words right out of my mouth!
I did meet @termite at the GLG meet up though
Hes a smart guy, I wouldnt doubt what hes saying if he said he went from 8 to 1.2% thc, I just dont understand how sieve could do that when thc and cbd are almost the same molecule
Hmm i agree but then again much of what i do makes no sence
YET i do my gut tells me there is something here
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Iāve been saying this!!!
Troll account #2
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leave the Guy be
His gear is good 
Maybe its āgoodā if youāre a summit fan boy
Once you run a real wiper youāll never go back to an spd
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Well Medias in bf and packed heads will keep spd a nesecity for Now 
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Doing something once is one thing. Repeating it over and over is a while different story.
I āconvertedā THC into CBD once (as per CannaSafe Analytics). Was never able to repeat it. Fluke. And there was only enough to test the sample once. Microscale experiment woes 
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Lets pick through what this guy is proposing, this is directly from @Termite
" This tech (bids) would be awesome to implement but with current pricing of all fancy raisins it could be projected as the āoverkill priceā to implement on the big scale ā¦
For the people on this forum who was laze or busy to do the R&D on this - simple SOP for color removal ,thc CBD separation and surly for encourage to start the new topic in here.
Mix your crude or distillate with heptane 1:1 ( for crude soline wash is needed)
Get 3A zeolite (in jar for the simplicity) and wash it with fresh heptane ( drain solvent out)
Combine your mixture and zeolite (fill till zeolite fully suspended)
Wait few hours .
Filter ( coffee filter is fine for this step)
Liquid portion will go back for the re run (if CBD/thc separation is desired)
Zeolite in you filtration funnel now loaded with the goodies.
Prepare second filtration funnel for color CRC STYLE 1ā-3ā of b80 will work, put loaded zeolite on top
Run fresh Heptane ( acid spiked if not decarb crude was used) to wash zeolite. Collected heptane would be almost white and it will wash out only 50%-60% of all available goodies but zeolite will hold up the thc molecules a little better so with this method it is easy to bring down % of thc in oil drastically
My personal record from almost 8% down to 1.2%
Donāt forget zeolite still loaded with cannabinoids needs to be washed with different solvent (toluene)
Is the second solvent of choice to remove cannabinoids but not the garbage.
This SOP was for the 1st grade students ā¦ lol
For the pros:
3A is 0.3 nm al the bulky molecules canāt feet
Zeolite exist in the form of powder (column loading)
Zeolite based ion exchange resin will give have a force to hold molecules (thc/CBD separation)
Pre-wetting resin with the right (top secret ) solution will activate protonation of nitrogen in functional groups allowing the adsorption of acid ( everybody remembering the hint about controlled decarboxilatio
of THCA to thc and living cbda in acidic form)
So if someone will start the new topic on zeolite and polymer resins Iāll will tell what would happen if someone stupid/curious will use zeolite/resins in packable distillation head.
Happy Hollidays !!!"
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3a sieves most comon chemical structure is
So which molecuul would create the affinity ?
I Remember August do this research a lot to
@BrotanicalMatt is it Maybe paramagnetism on the AL protons ??
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Most molecular sieves are used for size exclusion chromatography. Iāve never heard of or seen a molecular sieve be used as a form of affinity chromatography. Iām sure itās possible but I feel that would be over engineering of a stationary phase when you could just engineer a solid bead instead of a porous bead for the affinity purposes.
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Iām just pulling up a seat here, so I can try to follow along.
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Mole sieve are mainly used for gas purification.
I have a stack of clinicals on polymers im reading right now. I started a thread like two weeks ago on it. LOL.
@Roguelab i wouldnāt be looking at mol seives as they are not designed for this operation. but yes, i would use a bead in which its affinity is based off of the polarities. However, @RockSteady is on to something, a lil behind 
but he is on to something
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