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Title: extracting from solution
Post by: romi on December 19, 2012, 08:32:31 PM

you can extract somthing that soluble in water by mixing the solution with glycerol?

Title: Re: extracting from solution
Post by: Arkcon on December 19, 2012, 10:24:05 PM

Do you know anything about the properties of glycerol and water that would suggest to you a problem?  Could you describe the procedure step by step to see where the procedure might fail you?

Title: Re: extracting from solution
Post by: Babcock_Hall on December 21, 2012, 10:35:47 AM

Liquid liquid extraction requires two immiscible liquids.