A heat tolerable glass jar to hold approx 200 ml of Methanol to be boiled to completed evaporation not disimilar to a coffee glass jug with an electric element.
Methanol boils at 65 deg C. You do not need a hot plate, just use an ordinary glass jar and put in a saucepan of hot water. Just be careful to organise it so that the glass jar can’t tip over.
BTW, methanol is flammable and burns with an almost invisible flame, so be VERY careful around heat sources, sparks.
May 28th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
just use a electric fryin pan, U know a skillet with a thermostat on it, just rember to do it outside & don’t breath it, U can just get it warm, then put in freezer & will evaporat faster, hey whats u makin?
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May 28th, 2010 at 7:35 pm
And why do you want to do this??
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May 28th, 2010 at 8:25 pm
You would need to purchase a 250ml Erlenmeyer flask. There are several on-line laboratory supply retailers which they can purchased from in bulk quantity. Just google Erlenmeyer flask. If evaporation happen to quickly, the 250ml flask can be placed in a water bath to slow the evaporation.
If you are trying to make a methanol fuel cell, or convert it to a usuable gasoline, please be careful, since methanol is volatile, flammable, and poisonous.
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May 28th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
Methanol boils at 65 deg C. You do not need a hot plate, just use an ordinary glass jar and put in a saucepan of hot water. Just be careful to organise it so that the glass jar can’t tip over.
BTW, methanol is flammable and burns with an almost invisible flame, so be VERY careful around heat sources, sparks.
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Personal knowledge of the author (college chemistry teacher).
May 28th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
I wish to add to Auriga’s cautions.
Since you plan on vaporizing all of the 200 ml, be careful you do not do it in an enclosed place. You could end up with an explosive mixture!
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May 28th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Mason jar and a hot plate. Won’t require much heat since methanol evaporates around 130-140.
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