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Title: Fractional distillation question
Post by: Justingram88 on January 03, 2021, 08:33:54 PM

I’m fractionally distilling an oil and my two questions are what packing should I buy for the column and what column should I buy 

Title: Re: Fractional distillation question
Post by: Babcock_Hall on January 04, 2021, 10:03:34 AM

What oil are you distilling, and what do you hope to recover?  What is the scale of the process?  There might be some other questions along these lines that would bring this question into focus.

Title: Re: Fractional distillation question
Post by: Justingram88 on January 04, 2021, 12:41:21 PM

Brown camphor 1000 ml flask safrole

Title: Re: Fractional distillation question
Post by: rolnor on January 04, 2021, 02:00:38 PM

So its 209° and 230°? I think a medium column is enough, like this;
https://www.ebay.com/itm/200mm-24-40-Distilling-Column-Lab-Distillation-Tube-With-Glass-Spiral-Ring/232250058687?hash=item36132ea7bf:g:auAAAOSwiJRd-tOi

You need glass-spirals as filling.