Pheromones & Heat

[**DONOTDELETE**]

I have a full bottle of AE I never used and left it accidently in the direct sun and heat for a couple of hrs, the temperature reached about 50 degrees celcius in the car! Does this mean the pheromones have been damaged and destroyed? Does anyone know?

[Walter]

The pheromones won\'t be destroyed until they reach 150 degrees celcius.

[BassMan]

<blockquote><font class=\"small\">In reply to:</font><hr>

The pheromones won\'t be destroyed until they reach 150 degrees celcius.

<hr></blockquote>I do wish somebody would check that with Phil Stone. I think the 150 C is coming from the sheet that comes with the Chem Set. The quote would be:<blockquote><font class=\"small\">In reply to:</font><hr>

if you\'d rather have them fully dissolved, you can gently warm the vials in hot water (though not over 150 degrees C)

<hr></blockquote>Since water boils at 100 degrees C, and EtOH boils considerably before that, gently warming the vials in hot water to 150 C would be entertaining at best.

More likely they start to denature around 150 degrees F.

[Watcher]

Its 150F.