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heat what can i use to dissolve capsaicin crystals
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HellfireFarm
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I don't think that's physically possible - 16M is pure, any dilution would mean it's not pure anymore.
In this case you can consider 16m as theoretical. If capsaicin is not dissolved in something. It won't reach your pain receptor and simply do nothing. If you know where the scoville scale comes from, 16m unit is real, it really needs to be diluted 16 million times to be undetectable by normal humans. But if it can't reach your pain receptors, it will actually feel less hot than properly dissolved capsaicin.
Just put some under your tongue like a heart pill and let it dissolve. 
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You mean 16
Ah yes indeed. The clarification helped. I was reading it as 8mil. Thanks!
Problem is capsaicin is not water soluble so it won't really dissolve in saliva. Hence why pure capsaicin doesn't feel "that" hotJust put some under your tongue like a heart pill and let it dissolve.
The above poster should pop a few crystals like tic tacs and then post that 
I guess they think it if doesn't dissolve, that the cap is neutral or something lol.
By that logic hot sauces are not hot lol.
Grams of capsaicin ÷ (grams of capsaicin + grams of solvent) × 16 million
Let say you dissolve 3 grams of capsaicin in 3 grams of alcool it would give :
3÷(3+3) ×16 000 000
3÷6 × 16 000 000 = 8 million scoville
Yes for this formula to work you need GRAMS of solvent not ML of solvent.
Let say you dissolve 3 grams of capsaicin in 3 grams of alcool it would give :
3÷(3+3) ×16 000 000
3÷6 × 16 000 000 = 8 million scoville
Yes for this formula to work you need GRAMS of solvent not ML of solvent.
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How many grams of other stuff is the 3 grams of 16mil cap being mixed with?