Dear Skapegoat,
You're probably going to have difficulty scaling up to 5 gallons using magnetic
stir bars. The largest bars I have used are only 6.3 cm(2.5 inches). They can
stir a liter or 2 reasonable well but 10 times that volume I have my doubts if
it will mix well enough. You would have
I have been working along the same exact line of thinking. Tom is
probably right about stiring 5 gal of oil with a bar magnet. However
where a magnetic stirrer really shines is in mixing methoxide. Stirring
bars work great so long as they are confined to the area of the rotating
magnetic
here I could buy a
small motorcycle, uff...
Regards.
Juan
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From: the skapegoat [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 6/28/2005 1:22 PM
For:Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Subject:[Biofuel] magnetic stir bars.
Has anyone created a home made magnetic stir plate? I am scaling up
Thanks.
I was going to attempt to make my own. Regular stir plates cost more than I am willing to spend.
I'm thinking now it will just be easier to make a stirrer from a drill and perhaps if I scale up later I'll try to make a stir plate for mixing up methoxide.Juan Boveda [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I was thinking of attaching a permanent magnet to an the rotating part of an old juicer. I still want to try it just to see if I can make it work, but I think I will try something a bit more straightforward first...Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have been working along the same exact line
Has anyone created a home made magnetic stir plate? I am scaling up from lab scale 100 mL batches to a 5 gallon reactor, and have some ideas for a homemade magnetic stir plate in lieu of the more typical agitation methods, and I wanted to see if others have gone down this path with any success (or
