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Seems unlikely, though IANAChemist. Butane is a volatile (BP ~0 centigrade) short-chain hydrocarbon, and its isomers would likely (?) be similar. Contaminants o
by tempguy9999 7y ago
Seems unlikely, though IANAChemist. Butane is a volatile (BP ~0 centigrade) short-chain hydrocarbon, and its isomers would likely (?) be similar. Contaminants of butane might be what?
If they were longer chained they'd be less volatile but still disappear quickly. If they were long enough to hang around to mess up lungs then they'd probably not vapourise well in the first place so wouldn't make good solvents. Just a guess though.
- andrewflnr 7y agoAny solvent used at any stage of extraction from crude oil (?) to product, for starters. Random shit that was in the crude to start with. By products of heating any of these. For starters.
- tempguy9999 7y agoAnything that got into the container holding the butane would have to be as volatile as the butane, I think. So it wouldn't be a long-lasting contaminant as it'd evaporate very quickly, along with the butane. But if I'm wrong, if it wasn't volatile at room temperature & pressure, it would remain in the container as the butane was released so probably never meet the THC/weed anyway. I dunno, but that's my reasoning.
- cowsandmilk 7y agoWrong on all accounts. If any of that was correct, distillation could be one stage and we wouldn’t need a dozen plates to separate components. And then there’s the azeotropes of butane, most famously acetaldehyde.