Mildronate - 20-9-2011 at 08:05
I buy this stuf in local black market but wat it is? Is it part from rotavap or it's destillation aparatus, it had broken one pipe, but i know good
glassblower who can fix it.
Dr.Bob - 20-9-2011 at 08:22
Looks like some sort of condenser for an old rotary evaporator. It might have been an extra trap to help capture low boiling solvents. But you
could use it for that purpose. Since most rotovaps have spherical joints for the collection flask, you could put it in place of that as a second
condenser. We have done similar things with dry ice traps/dewar condesers for highly volatile solvents.
Mildronate - 20-9-2011 at 08:28
it doesnt had joint for vacum or valve. This is very strange glasware
mr.crow - 20-9-2011 at 09:48
Looks like a bong. I'm kind of amused how all the stoners started using ground glass joints, borosilicate, and keck clips. Not for me, I like my
science glassware a lot more!
So the flask like thing on the end looks like a bump trap for steam distillation. It looks like there is a tiny spherical joint connected to the inner
section (last picture). Looks like a water jacket on the outside with the broken hose barb.
I'm guessing Rotavap too. The condenser faces downwards with the flask on the top. That way the input faces down at and angle and the solvents leave
the end of the condenser as a liquid. The joint looks so tiny, wouldn't pressure build up?
Mildronate - 20-9-2011 at 09:57
Yes there is water jacket outside with broken hose barb. Yoint is tinny. Another strange thing: spirall had only one hose barb.
mr.crow - 20-9-2011 at 11:18
The other end of the spiral probably goes to the outside jacket
Mildronate - 20-9-2011 at 11:26
maybe hard to tell, I will connect it to water later. I had idea to build rotavap from this, i can get rotavap mechanism with motor, few glablowing
modifications.
bfesser - 20-9-2011 at 12:26
Looks like a condenser for distillation with a bump trap on the right. Definitely not rotavap.
Mildronate - 20-9-2011 at 13:48
There is no info for something like this.
not_important - 20-9-2011 at 18:13
The kong thing is a condenser, I believe. It's both a outer jacket and an inner coil model, I've several similar looking one. They're intended to be
used vertical, one is part of a lab distilled water rig and included a 5 liter flask with imbedded immersion heater.
Mildronate - 22-9-2011 at 11:28
This condenser is from soviet water bidestilator.
[Edited on 22-9-2011 by Mildronate]
