TheChemINC
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Cleaning Chromatographic Silica Media
i just finished up puritying piperine from black pepper with my chromatography column. But i now have about 80g of "dirty" (which means that its still
white, but is probably covered in contaminates) silica media.
How should i go about cleaning this? just keep rinsing in a solvent like acetone? it seems like a waste... and expensive
thanks,
Alex
[Edited on 19-2-2013 by TheChemINC]
[Edited on 19-2-2013 by TheChemINC]
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bananaman
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Since silica is considered to be a polar medium, why not try flushing the silica column with solvents that are more polar, e.g. MeOH or EtOH?
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its not that i am having troulble separating all of the other crap from it, i just dont feel like spending alot of money on a gallon or two of acetone
to wash it....
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fez
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Quote: Originally posted by TheChemINC  |
How should i go about cleaning this? just keep rinsing in a solvent like acetone? it seems like a waste... and expensive
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I've not done any chromatographic separations yet, but I've wondered about this issue too. Maybe a Soxhlet extractor would work, if you have one.
(PS - first post, but been lurking here for a few months on and off. Hi everyone!)
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