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  • I don’t ignite the water part just the ethanol part. I just assume there is some level of water in the ethanol part and it turns into vapor when ignited.

    Seems like ph sensor for alcohol would be expensive. I probably should evaporate the alcohol layer to see if I get any potassium carbonate back. Since it’s conceivable that the potassium carbonate could vaporize or form into potassium carbonate.

    Apparently it’s not likely to form KOH. I know electrolysis


  • I don’t think much potassium carbonate dissolve in alcohol. I lit the ethanol on fire and couldn’t tell if any residue of either water or potassium. I never tasted much of the ethanol since I don’t want to drink alcohol. Apparently it’s insoluble in ethanol.

    Potassium carbonate is suitable for consumption up to 100 grams a day











  • Collum stills are interesting since they work on the principle of bubbling. Kinda gives me a new principle to look into.

    I need to order a lot more potassium carbonate to get enough ethanol to use a hydrometer or to get the ethanol to measure to better accuracy with my equipment.

    I need to find a sample bottle of ever clear and salt out that and see if any water layer appears. The appearance of that layer would prove salting out can break the limit

    I still believe that salting out is a less energy intensive and simpler method than distilling and at least worth doing prior to distilling.