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Recently, in the United States, Nicotine Salts became very popular, essentially compounds containing nicotine and other organic components that, unlike the nicotine based (present in liquids on the market), has a chemical structure that is considerably more stable and more assimilable by our body. It is estimated, in fact, that the absorption is even 20 times faster (1 minute and a half) and that the satisfaction deriving from the intake is more similar to smoking a cigarette than to inhaling nicotine vapors in base. Then, the feeling of irritation in the throat of smokers and vapors is considerably lower, which is why the refill cartridges of some devices specially designed for the vaporization of these liquids contain high concentrations of these salts.
The principle that distinguishes devices that use nicotine salts from others on the market is to vaporize the liquid at temperatures below 200 degrees, because it is precisely beyond that threshold that substances that are harmful to the organism would begin to develop. Many devices considered harmless, perhaps looking at small size and low power, can actually reach temperatures that make even vegetable glycerine potentially toxic. On the other hand, MTL devices are highly suitable and really harmless, powered by low power, even better if they are controlled by temperature. Clearly we are talking about a vaporization with a high concentration of nicotine, where the main interest is precisely to take nicotine, and not to have particular aromatic yields. Being careful to keep the temperatures low, nothing prevents mixing these liquids with nicotized bases. The e-liquid calculator can help you find out the final amount of nicotine present.
!!ALLERT!!
Before using the nicotine salts, make sure you are not sensitive or even allergic to benzoic acid, used in the food industry as a preservative and also present in some medicine and cosmetics.
ADVANTAGES OF NICOTINE SALTS
- You get more nicotine, faster. The blood assimilates nicotine more easily in this form.
- More concentrated liquids with a high level of nicotine. In this way you will not need to consume 10ml of liquid a day if you can have a concentration of 60mg / ml instead of 6mg / ml.
- Nicotine salts are more stable than nicotine based, which means the nicotine degradation process is slowed down.
- You do not need a powerful, 150W device: a simple and small device can be just as satisfying
PREPARATION
Let's take a closer look at what the process or procedures for obtaining nicotine salts can be. First of all the most commercially used acid that can be useful for nicotine salts is benzoic acid, while for those who produce the salts themselves there are those who also use citric acid, which produces a salt to be taken at temperature below 175 ° C, again to avoid developing toxic substances. However, benzoic acid is preferable, as studies show that it is much less toxic than the substances that develop from tobacco combustion. In the Benzoic Acid reaction: Nicotine free base, the weight ratio to be used is 3: 4. Every gram of nicotine, in practice, should be reacted with 0.75g of benzoic acid. The citric acid, on the other hand, being weaker, has a different ratio: for every gram of nicotine, 2.37 g of acid must be reacted. As for the ways to get the reaction, there are several. For example, someone adds the acid powder directly to the e-liquid, mixing until no more solid deposits are formed at the bottom of the container. Others, on the other hand, create a solution - in our opinion a better method than the one previously illustrated. As a solvent, the PG is more suitable than the VG, as it is more capable of dissolving the acid. Alternatively, a PVG mixture can also be used. Since the solution must be heated, it is better than the solvent to contain nicotine, since it would degrade with heat.
EXAMPLE
For practical i use use a solution containing 10g of benzoic acid can be used with the amount of solvent necessary to reach 100ml of solution. The solution is then brought to 60 ° C in a bain-marie for 30/60 minutes, stirring from time to time until the precipitates are no longer formed.
For example, if you want to react the 10g of nicotine in a free base present in 100ml of solution, you will take 75 ml of soulution benzoic acid that contain 7.5g of acid and you will mix it eith the nicotine solution to achieve a uniform distribution of substances. The product obtained will have a concentration of nicotine which, in this case (e-liquid calculator), will be 57.14mg / ml of nicotine salt.
E-liquid calculators:
http://e-liquid-recipes.com/create
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