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93 lines
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\ KNOCK-OUT DROPS /
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Cloral Hydrate
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(Knock-out Drops)
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Chemicals: Equiptment:
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Bleach Distilling Set (see below)
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Sani-Flush Clorine Bottle
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Ethyl Alcohol Glass Tubing
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Sulfuric Acid Rubber Tubing
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Calcium Oxide Aquarium Aerator
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Basting Syringe
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Cooking Thermometer
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600 ml Beaker
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Water Glass
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______ _______
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/ \_/ \___
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_/ ||| \ Bucket of ice water
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/--|_| / | \ | \ | ____________/
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/ / o \ | \ |
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Bleach |_____| |________\___| To outside
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& \ _________ /
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Saniflush | \__/
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600 ml | |
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w/ aerator |__| __Collection
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Glass
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A piece of glass is fitted into the bottom of the stopper for the
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flask. To that is placed an eight-inch length of rubber tubing and at
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the end of this is the aerator. Two more pieces of glass is put in the
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top of the stopper.
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First, you will need pure alcohol so buy some 100 proof vodka and
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distill it until you have about 12 oz.
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Put the alcohol in the flask.Put about two inches of bleach and a
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teaspoon of Sani-Flush in the chlorine bottle. This will generate the
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clorine gas that you will need. Start the clorine through the alcohol
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while the flask is still cold. Watch it carefully to see when the
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alcohol stops absorbing the clorine. Then light a alcohol lamp and
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place it under the 600 ml flask. Keep the flame low until the alcohol
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stops absorbing again. Raise the flame and repeat. Continue this untill
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the alcohol is boiling. Some of the alcohol will distill off into the
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collection bottle. Several times during the process, pour this back
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into the 600 ml beaker.
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When the alcohol is totally chlorinated the flask is poured into a
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porcelain dish and allowed to cool. If you have done this right the
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cooled product should be a crystaline mass of unrefined Cloral Hydrate.
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Now, pour strong sulfuric acid, three times the volume of the
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Cloral Hydrate, into the pan. Place this pan on your stove over gentle
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heat. When the cloral hydrate is melted, it and the sulfuric acid are
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stirred throughly pour this into the flask and heat again. But this
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time use the thermometer and don't let it get over 200 F.
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As the mixture heats up, the still impure cloral hydrate will rise
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to the surface. When it stops rising, use the basting syringe and draw
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the top off of the sulfuric acid. Repeat this until the pan is empty.
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Put the cloral hydrate (you drew it off in the last step) into the
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beaker and heat at about 190 F. for 20 minutes. This will get rid of
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any alcohol or acid still in it. Pour this back into the flask and add
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an equal amount of sulfuric acid. Swirl this around to mix it.
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Once again you must distill the mixture. But this time it is easy
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since the cloral hydrate will boil at 210 F and the sulfuric acid boils
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at 722 F. When finished pour out the acid, then wash and dry the flask.
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Now, put the powered Calcium Oxide, equal in volume to the cloral
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hydrate into the flask, add the cloral hydrate and distill again. Stop
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as soon as the surface of the oxide is dry.
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To use, add one part water to two parts { by volume } of the
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finished product. The dose is 1/28th of an oz ( 1 gram ). The best way
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to use this is to put it into a mixed drink, because it has a bitter
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taste. In about 15 minutes, whoever you gave it to is out for the
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night.
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