HAPPY MONDAY EVERYONE! Just wanted to give you guys a quick update: I am still pyrolyzing samples.
Last Friday we pyrolyzed pure bentonite to use as a reference and compare to those contaminated samples as well as those with the added catalyst.
As you can see there is no major color change, in fact it looks a bit lighter than the bentonite alone. Our sample was originally 7g however we only collected 5.50g. These may have been due to improper loading of the mesh squares in our reactor. In fact we used 9 mesh instead of the typical 7 but hey that’s science!
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!😁
Which catalyst did are you using?
This has no catalyst it is only bentonite. It’s almost like our “control.”
For this process you need to heat the samples. So you are using oven or burning them with oxygen so they can get oxidized. Are you also counting the isotopes.