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From Percolation And Infusion To CO2, Sifting And Pressing: An Extract Primer

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 09/22/2015 - 08:45

With the steamrolling legalization effort of Cannabis sativa, there have been a lot of discussion toward the production of extracts. Here is a little primer of what’s what in the marvelous world of extract production. Each of those will be the focus of a small post with more information.

Solvent extraction

First some basic information. Solvents have a solvation capacity which is usually directly proportional to their energy, or temperature. This means that the higher the temperature of a solvent is, the higher the capacity of the solvent to extract compounds. Secondly, solvents have a polarity, which we will explained in detail here, but to refresh your memory: like likes like, the closer the polarity of a compound is to a solvent the better it will dissolve in it.
Liquid-solid extraction

Maceration is the extraction of a plant material in a solvent, may it be water, hexane, vegetable oil, etc. to extract...

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