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Carbon 60 Status Report
Yikes! 647 subscribers. Alchemists are nocturnal creatures, shy, rarely found in the wild tending to avoid contact with humans...
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What a crazy two weeks! We had irritating vacuum leaks which meant the pump had to be on a lot and vacuum pumps are temperamental.
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We tried to fix the problem in various ways (many frustrating hours) as poor vacuum was leading to overheating. So we threw a heap of money into cooling not realizing the vacuum issue was at fault.
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We got new seals and the vacuum problem was fixed instantly and we realized we didn't need to spend all that money on cooling at all!
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Now after 24 hours, vacuum would loose only a few tenths of a millibar. There was big celebrations at RL because it means the reactor doesn't need tended over night and guess who does the tending :) Okay, I was the one celebrating!
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Also we've installed an internet camera which can view readouts from thermocouples and can turn to see the plasma arc etc.
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Interestingly temperatures indicates approximate vacuum. You see heat doesn't travel well in a vacuum (am I mansplaining? meah who cares). So if the temperature is somewhat higher it means the vacuum needs to be adjusted.
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But that doesn't matter because we've also installed a digital vacuum gauge which can send vacuum telemetry to my phone. So now I can see the reactor with the IP camera and all the temp gauges and get vacuum data on my phone from anywhere. I love the modern World!
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My guess is we're producing about 1g of carbon 60 per hour- but as I mentioned the reactor is working nearly 24 hours a day. But this is not sufficient to keep up with demand and keep prices reasonable. So we're busy right now adapting the reactor to double it's output.
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Second reactor
The build on the second reactor is non-existent. We were in talks with the engineer two weeks ago and he's so busy he keeps telling us a few days. But we're not going through what he put us through at Christmas- two months of chasing him around.
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So I told him either have prices and a date to start the build on Monday or we'll go somewhere else. The only reason we're sticking with him is he's conscientious. Otherwise we'd dump him in a New York minute.
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But we'll be also getting him to build two reactors of the same design to reach factory like production by the end of April.
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Discovery
We've made yet another discovery. C60AB is magnetic/electric and this new discovery adds 'magnetic' electricity at the soot stage which makes C60 magnetic/female but it would be considered a different product than C60AB.
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We've said women need to be careful when taking carbon 60 as it's a very fiery product but women will be able to take this new magnetic carbon 60 as it's suits their physiology.
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But we've yet to determine the characteristics and nature of the new product compared to C60AB.
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Please click for a larger image and pls excuse the sooty fingerprints!
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Alchemy
For those interested, following on from last time...
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Your mixture should have sat for 2 weeks now. Use a glass funnel (not metal) or even plastic is fine and block up the funnel with some cotton wool. This will act as a filter.
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Place the funnel in a flask and pour the melange into the flask through the cotton wool filter. As soon as it's through, press the cotton wool with a flat piece of wood to squeeze out the remainder of the maceration liquid. The liquid should be green.
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Now place the solid part of the alcohol soaked plant residue into a crucible along with the non-macerated part of the plant and set it on fire.
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The alcohol will start the calcination. When the alcohol is burned, light the gas burner and place the crucible over the flame. You could use a blow torch here.
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Stir the mixture with a glass rod during calcination. The mixture will turn black and when it's all black, turn off the gas burner and let cool.
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Grind the powder then calcine again until the mixture turns grey/white. This process may have to be done several time. The whiter the mixture the better. It's also a good idea to have two crucibles and place one on top of the other to capture the best part of the mixture- the sublimated and re-condensed part.
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