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Laboratory QC Analysis for Essential oil content (Part 3)
The apparatus should be set up as outlined in Part 2 of this series, with a known weight of product for testing placed in the flask. If a...
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Essential Stills
- Feb 6
- 3 min
Laboratory QC Analysis for Essential oil content (Part 2)
Assembly Place the mantle on a secure site, close to power, water and drainage facilities. It is best to assemble this laboratory QC kit...
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Essential Stills
- Feb 1
- 2 min
Laboratory QC Analysis for Essential oil content (Part 1)
It is important to perform a QC check out any crop that you are going to distil for several reasons: Firstly, this analysis will give you...
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Essential Stills
- Jan 31
- 3 min
Steam Distillation 1. Packing and fitting the Charge Basket
For newcomers who have not steam-distilled crops to extract their essential oils before, this is the first part of a series giving some...
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Essential Stills
- Dec 20, 2022
- 1 min
How to pack a Glass Fractionating Column
The column packing being discussed here is glass helices: they should be separated into single units rather than chains that have linked...
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Essential Stills
- Dec 12, 2022
- 2 min
Making a bleed for fractionation.
To make a bleed for a vacuum distillation you will require a 'Quickfit' or similar air-inlet tube fitted with a B19 cone with a 90° bend...
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Essential Stills
- Nov 22, 2022
- 5 min
Fractionation (Fractional Distillation) of Essential Oils (Part 2)
The Distillation With the apparatus set up as detailed, turn on the vacuum pump. When the correct vacuum has been achieved (usually the...
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Essential Stills
- Nov 17, 2022
- 2 min
Fractionation (Fractional Distillation) of Essential oils (Part 1).
Typical Fractionation Still. For clarification purposes support framework and clamps have been omitted. Place flange flask in a suitable...
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Essential Stills
- Nov 9, 2022
- 2 min
Drying Essential Oils.
After draining the oil collected into a cylinder it’s time to remove any remaining water in the oil. Take a glass separator containing...
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Essential Stills
- Jan 2, 2021
- 3 min
Essential Oil Overview
The main way to extract essential oils from plant materials is by steam distillation, whereby the steam volatilises the oil which then...
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