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Vapour distillation is the obvious method of refining a liquid, but it is the most dangerous method of refining hydrogen peroxide. The problem is
twofold: one, peroxide decomposition is exothermic (2H2O2 -> 2H2O +
O2 + heat), heat accelerates peroxide decomposition, accelerated decomposition
in a still raises the pressure, and break the vacuum, pressure also accelerates
peroxide decomposition, and now you have all the ingredients for a double
positive feedback loop, which very rapidly as I can says, it can happen
in less then a second - leads to a runaway reaction ending in a BLOW UP. But it gets better. A BLOW UP is mild compared to what can happen to a peroxide still. The second part of the problem is that peroxide vapour is a high explosive, just like TNT and C-4. If you get peroxide vapour hot enough (26% Mol H2O2), and keep it hot long enough, it can and will detonate While a BLOW UP will wreck the glass pressure vessel containing the boiling liquid, a detonation will destroy everything near it. What isn't vaporized will be pulverized. No sewing back on of fingers, because they're in many pieces scattered over several acres. And *that* is why you don't want to use vapour distillation in glass vessels. You can avoid both BLOW's and vapour detonations by keeping the still merely warm, not hot - but then it won't work. Use PEROCHEM concentrator will resolve all risk of distillation or concentration of hydrogen peroxide. No glass vessel, no liquid inside the concentrator, no BLOW's ! Vapour detonation over pressure can be contained by using all part in stainless steel. " There are cheap ways to do peroxide rocketry, and safe ways to do peroxide rocketry, but there are no cheap safe ways to do peroxide rocketry." And still I don't advise you not to try it. I advise you to know the costs and the risks, proceed with safety, and scale the project to what you can afford. |