Advantages and Disadvantages of a Rotary Evaporator
What does a Rotary Evaporator do? A rotary evaporator (rotovap or rotavap) refers to a kind of equipment for solvent evaporation under reduced pressure, which is composed of a vacuum system, a heated water or oil bath, a condenser and a motor that rotates the evaporation flask. As its name suggests, what is special is […]
How does a Rotary Evaporator Remove Solvent?
[ux_image id=”24533″ height=”58%” lightbox=”true” caption=”true” image_overlay=”rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04)” image_hover=”zoom” image_hover_alt=”zoom-long”] [gap] What is a Rotovap Used for? A rotary evaporator (rotovap or rotatvap) refers to a kind of equipment for solvent evaporation under reduced pressure. It is primarily used for the process of evaporation, concentration, crystallization, drying, separation, and solvent recovery, and especially used […]
Failures and Troubleshooting of a Rotary Evaporator
A rotary evaporator is an indispensable equipment for evaporation, concentration, crystallization, drying, separation, and solvent recovery in many fields, and it is mainly used for continuous distillation of large amounts of volatile solvents under reduced pressure. Giving consideration to its importance, it’s necessary to learn something about common failures and simple troubleshooting of rotary evaporator, […]
Why is Ethanol Used for Extraction?
Closed Loop Ethanol Extraction It’s well-known that closed loop extractors are widely used for the extraction and concentration of substances in chemical, biochemical, industrial fields and other fields. In the whole closed loop extraction equipment, people generally use ethanol as the washing solvent to extract substances from the sample materials. In this way, closed loop extractors […]
How does a Closed Loop Extractor Work?
A closed loop extractor is a device used to extract solvents from solid substance. It’s a loop system. It is widely used for cannabis concentration in industry. In the whole process, there are several parts serving the extraction of solvents. Solvents can be used and recycled in the closed loop extractor, which is very economic […]
How to Use a Closed Loop Extractor?
A closed loop extractor is a device for extracting solvents from a solid matter. It can do a good job on the extraction and concentration of all kinds of solid substances. One of the most popular industrial use is the extraction of ethanol-washed cannabis. How to Use a Closed Loop Extractor? Closed loop extractors are […]
What are Bag Filters Used for?
What is a Bag Filter? A Bag filter is regarded as a type of multi-purpose clarification and filtration equipment that have a relatively small loading of particles to be removed. It features novel structure, small volume, energy conservation, high efficiency, simple, flexible and enclosed operation. As a kind of pressure filtration equipment, it is primarily […]
What is a Closed Loop Extractor?
What is a Closed Loop Extractor? A closed loop extractor is a device used to extract solvents from solid substance. It’s a loop system. It is widely used for cannabis concentration in industry. It is an equipment of transferring a solute substance from one solvent to another by utilizing the difference in solubility or partition […]
What is BHO Extraction?
BHO refers to butane hash oil or butane honey oil, which is a form of cannabis oil with higher level of THC. It is generally made by utilizing butane solvent and small scale extraction equipment. The process is known as BHO extraction. It is regarded as one of several solvent-based extraction methods, which is capable […]
How to Use a Vacuum Drying Oven?
As a common laboratory equipment, a vacuum drying oven is primarily used for drying experimental sample rapidly. The working chamber can maintain a certain vacuum degree and can be filled with inert gas during the working of a vacuum drying oven, which is suitable for drying heat-sensitive, easily decomposed and easily oxidized materials. Even some […]