Re: Soluability/Safety issue

"14:30" <dancinglavoisier(A-T)charter.net> wrote in message
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> "Charos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Hey all, I was curious about the safety of using Isopropyl alcohol for
> > measuring means rather than Ethanol.  I find that using vodka (besides
> being
> > somewhat expensive) tends to take some time to evaporate in order to get
a
> > measured dose of powder thanks to the added water aspect of it.  I was
> > wondering if I used the same amount of Isopropyl alcohol if that would
be
> > any more effective as it tends to evaporate almost immediately.  I tried
a
> > similar amount of vodka and rubbing alcohol spread out on a plate and
the
> > rubbing alcohol evaporated within a couple of minutes while the vodka
took
> > well over 1 and a half hours.  Not to mention I can buy a small bottle
of
> > rubbing alcohol for MUCH cheaper than I would pay for a bottle of Vodka.
> > I'm using this for DPT, I was curious as to whether DPT would be soluble
> in
> > rubbing alcohol (I'm assuming so as it's soluble enough in water)...and
> > beyond that whether it's safe to use as a medium to measure doses.  Will
> > there be any noticeable residue left behind?  Any other safety issues?
Of
> > course I would ensure that ALL liquid was entirely evaporated before
> > collecting the crystals left behind so as to minimize any of my research
> > subjects insufflation of unknown substances.  Thanks for any help... :)
> >
> > -- 
> > *+_Charos_+*
> >
> > http://noun.org/andrew.html
> >
> > "He is a thinker; that means, he knows how to
> > make things simpler than they are."
> > --Nietzsche
> >
> >
>
> Isopropyl alchohol IS toxic. I don't know about any of this toxicity being
> left behind after it's evaporated, but I would use grain alcohol
(Everclear)
> just to be on the safe side.

I'm curious what that would run for around here...I'm not a fan of liquor
anyway and having to pay 20 dollars and end up with 3/4 of a 26er doesn't
really appeal to me.  But again...safety is the primary issue here.

> Additionally, just because something is soluble in water doesn't mean it's
> soluble in alcohol. Solubility generally depends on the polarity of the
> molecules your're trying to dissolve and the polarity of the solvent.
Water
> is polar, and as I recall, alcohol is too, but to a different degree.
> ~14:30

True, but I don't think that I've ever seen something soluable in water that
wasn't soluable in alcohol...*shrug* I hear that DPT is overall very
soluable just on a very general level, in ANY liquid...I could simply use
distilled water, but that takes such a long period to evaporate that it
becomes a bit annoying...

-- 
*+_Charos_+*

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"He is a thinker; that means, he knows how to
make things simpler than they are."
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