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Non-polar and non-volatile solvents
« on: August 16, 2012, 12:15:43 PM »
Hello everyone.

I need a help :) I'm looking for non polar and hardly (or slowly) volatile solvents... any idea?  ???

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Re: Non-polar and non-volatile solvents
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2012, 12:19:28 PM »
Hello everyone.

I need a help :) I'm looking for non polar and hardly (or slowly) volatile solvents... any idea?  ???

Toluene, xylene, decane, etc.
Look here
http://www.chemicalland21.com/arokorhi/info/SOLVENTS.htm


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Re: Non-polar and non-volatile solvents
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2012, 12:26:12 PM »


Thank you for the answer. But toluene and xylene are high volatile solvents, right?

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Re: Non-polar and non-volatile solvents
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2012, 12:42:38 PM »


Thank you for the answer. But toluene and xylene are high volatile solvents, right?


High boiling, with a vapour pressure shown here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toluene_(data_page)#Vapor_pressure_of_liquid

and xylene here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-Xylene_(data_page)#Vapor_pressure_of_liquid

What do you mean by high volatile solvents?
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Re: Non-polar and non-volatile solvents
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2012, 12:53:34 PM »
I would like to mix oil with solvent so I can decrease the refractive index...  and mixture should be stable 

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Re: Non-polar and non-volatile solvents
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2012, 12:58:08 PM »
I would like to mix oil with solvent so I can decrease the refractive index...  and mixture should be stable 

Try trans decalin:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decalin

BPt. 187°C
not very volatile.

Cis decalin BPt. 196°C
not so volatile.

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Re: Non-polar and non-volatile solvents
« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2012, 01:10:55 PM »
I'll try it. Thank you very much :)

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