Intoxicus5
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If Cannabis extracts(Rosin, BHO, Dry Sift, etc) were a Saiyan Super then Budder would be the final form.
Budder/Wax/Whatever you want to call the polycrystalline form of THCa dominant extracts is the "least energy state."
In thermodynamics this means that budder/wax/all polycrystal forms are the most thermodynamically stable form of THCa dominant Cannabis extracts.
If we used the image to model the shatter(amorphous monocrystalline) and budder(polycrystalline) phenomena then 1 would shatter, 2 would the transition, and 3 is budder/wax/polycrystal. Add heat in the range of 120F-145F and the thermal energy will push the ball over the hump(metaphorically) and your extract turns to budder.
Whipping it or physically agitating it adds kinetic energy. Also the whipper itself can act as a nucleation point for crystal to form around producing a much smaller grain size. Honeycomb style budder made in a vacuum oven typically has visually larger grain sizes to the crystal formation and dewaxing appears to further enlarge the grain size.
Water in small amounts disrupts the formation of the monocrystal and can also trigger buddering. Certain terpene profiles that are more hygroscopic will absorb water out of the air and this will add the water that causes delayed auto buddering sometimes. People that live in less humid likely will find they have an easier time keeping their shatters form autobuddering.
Being that THCa on it's own is a granular crystal that does not show true polymorphism on it's own the shatter and budder phenomena are largely terpene dependent. Primarily it's the terpenes that act as "interfering agents" like fructose does in candy making. Lipids, other cannabinoids, and impurities/contaminants can add to or influence this effect also. Losing too many terpenes will result in autobuddering.
Extracts that contain significant amounts of CBDa tend to remain sappy and will not budder. CBDa on it's own does crystallize, but only at high purity. It seems that THCa crystallizes much more readily than CBDa. Decarboxylated extracts will not form shatter or budder, they will always be sappy/viscous liquid. Buddering that happens in a vacuum and show it is not an oxidation reaction although it seems plausible that oxidation could accelerate or influence autobuddering. If you have an emulsion because of too much water that's when you get that gel like form. A Cannabis extract emulsion will not be solid like a polycrystal budder.
Pseudopolymorphism is also known as solvatomorphism.
In this case the terpenes as solvating the THCa.
If your THCa dominant extract is sappy and clean of residual solvent then the sappiness is from a high terpene content.(Assuming you didn't heat it past 160F, there's not water, no CBD, and the THCa has not been decarboxylated.)
Budder/Wax/Whatever you want to call the polycrystalline form of THCa dominant extracts is the "least energy state."
In thermodynamics this means that budder/wax/all polycrystal forms are the most thermodynamically stable form of THCa dominant Cannabis extracts.
If we used the image to model the shatter(amorphous monocrystalline) and budder(polycrystalline) phenomena then 1 would shatter, 2 would the transition, and 3 is budder/wax/polycrystal. Add heat in the range of 120F-145F and the thermal energy will push the ball over the hump(metaphorically) and your extract turns to budder.
Whipping it or physically agitating it adds kinetic energy. Also the whipper itself can act as a nucleation point for crystal to form around producing a much smaller grain size. Honeycomb style budder made in a vacuum oven typically has visually larger grain sizes to the crystal formation and dewaxing appears to further enlarge the grain size.
Water in small amounts disrupts the formation of the monocrystal and can also trigger buddering. Certain terpene profiles that are more hygroscopic will absorb water out of the air and this will add the water that causes delayed auto buddering sometimes. People that live in less humid likely will find they have an easier time keeping their shatters form autobuddering.
Being that THCa on it's own is a granular crystal that does not show true polymorphism on it's own the shatter and budder phenomena are largely terpene dependent. Primarily it's the terpenes that act as "interfering agents" like fructose does in candy making. Lipids, other cannabinoids, and impurities/contaminants can add to or influence this effect also. Losing too many terpenes will result in autobuddering.
Extracts that contain significant amounts of CBDa tend to remain sappy and will not budder. CBDa on it's own does crystallize, but only at high purity. It seems that THCa crystallizes much more readily than CBDa. Decarboxylated extracts will not form shatter or budder, they will always be sappy/viscous liquid. Buddering that happens in a vacuum and show it is not an oxidation reaction although it seems plausible that oxidation could accelerate or influence autobuddering. If you have an emulsion because of too much water that's when you get that gel like form. A Cannabis extract emulsion will not be solid like a polycrystal budder.
Pseudopolymorphism is also known as solvatomorphism.
In this case the terpenes as solvating the THCa.
If your THCa dominant extract is sappy and clean of residual solvent then the sappiness is from a high terpene content.(Assuming you didn't heat it past 160F, there's not water, no CBD, and the THCa has not been decarboxylated.)
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