demorol (Stranger)
09-04-01 12:20
No 210087
      Distilling xylene  Bookmark   

I found out that Xylene is used in some pesticides as a sovent. Some of them contains a good amount of it (up to 650g/L). Now I'm thinking to distill it. What do you bees think about it? Do you think it is safe?
Give me some chemicals and I'll give you pleasure
 
 
 
 
    Rhodium
(Chief Bee)
09-04-01 12:22
No 210089
      Re: Distilling xylene  Bookmark   

I would not do it, but thatis just my personal opinion. You will never get rid of all traces of pesticides.
 
 
 
 
    PrimoPyro
(Hive Bee)
09-04-01 20:16
No 210196
      Re: Distilling xylene  Bookmark   

Is OTC Xylene a mixture of isomers? I once hard that in the "common mixture" the meta isomer is prominent, but Im only interested in the ortho...tongue Is there a decent amount of the ortho isomer in it?

Of COURSE we don't know what we're doing! That's why it's called research!  (boom...)     :)
 
 
 
 
    foxy2
(Hive Addict)
09-04-01 20:50
No 210204
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if its ortho brand pesticide there must be tongue

Do Your Part To Win The War
 
 
 
 
    PrimoPyro
(Hive Bee)
09-04-01 22:09
No 210231
      Re: Distilling xylene  Bookmark   

LMAO.....I wish...

So is every product by Ortho made of ortho-isomers then? That would be kinda nifty. What a marketing scheme...

wink

Of COURSE we don't know what we're doing! That's why it's called research!  (boom...)     :)
 
 
 
 
    ChimChim9
(Hive Bee)
09-06-01 03:10
No 210691
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Is xylene not available in your area?

The o- isomer can be frationally distilled unlike the p- & m-isomers that yeild poor results when processed this way.

....or we could just sit around and poke each other with sharp sticks all day.
 
 
 
 
    foxy2
(Hive Addict)
09-06-01 03:57
No 210703
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Ya better have one long column for that one.

I think my column is to short and fat frown

tonguelaughsmile

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