scythe wrote:Also don't forget there will be water with your ethanol as well.
If it comes out at 95% thats 5% water*...
* maybe other compounds but there will be a majority of water.
Thanks, I missed the solubility of lead oxide in water in the document I posted the link to. It's 17mg/L at 20 degrees C :scared-eek: lead forms an oxide readily upon exposure to air.
I also missed the solubility of lead acetate in water but it's listed as 443g/L at 520 degrees C (steam), which is huge :scared-eek: :scared-eek: :scared-eek: , but not able to tell how this transfers to temps less than 100 degrees C found in our stills. It's possible that ethanol reduces the solubility of lead acetate in steam, but there's no way of telling just how much. It's safe to say that lead acetate is a concern.
So essentially, lead will form lead oxide, which has a significant solubility in water, and it will also form lead acetate which could have a very significant solubility.