Another crystal pic
Acetaminophen 4x POL
Olympus IX70
Enjoy,
Radazz
Acetaminophen
Acetaminophen
Arnold, Missouri
Olympus IX70
Olympus BX40
Olympus SZ40
Olympus IX70
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Re: Acetaminophen
Very nice! Did you grind up a pill?
Thanks for posting!
Thanks for posting!
Re: Acetaminophen
Beautiful shot.
How do you prepare the crystals?
How do you prepare the crystals?
Zeiss Photomicroscope III BF/DF/Pol/Ph/DIC/FL/Jamin-Lebedeff
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Re: Acetaminophen
I grind them up. Can’t find pure acetaminophen, and I haven’t found any way of separating the coating.
Arnold, Missouri
Olympus IX70
Olympus BX40
Olympus SZ40
Olympus IX70
Olympus BX40
Olympus SZ40
Re: Acetaminophen
If you have access to alcohol (ethanol 96% is best but lower concentrations also work) you can mix it with the powder, stir, decant't the soluble part, filter through cotton and put in the freezer. You should see acetaminophen recrystallizing on the sides of the vessel. Scoop the crystals, wash them once with cold ethanol and after you dry them you'll end up with very pure acetaminophen that should form great crystalline patterns.
Zeiss Photomicroscope III BF/DF/Pol/Ph/DIC/FL/Jamin-Lebedeff
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Re: Acetaminophen
Thanks, Wes, I’ll try that,Wes wrote:If you have access to alcohol (ethanol 96% is best but lower concentrations also work) you can mix it with the powder, stir, decant't the soluble part, filter through cotton and put in the freezer. You should see acetaminophen recrystallizing on the sides of the vessel. Scoop the crystals, wash them once with cold ethanol and after you dry them you'll end up with very pure acetaminophen that should form great crystalline patterns.
Jim
Arnold, Missouri
Olympus IX70
Olympus BX40
Olympus SZ40
Olympus IX70
Olympus BX40
Olympus SZ40