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Chemistry Forums for Students => High School Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: adianadiadi on March 06, 2011, 11:36:27 AM

Title: Separation of urea from formic acid
Post by: adianadiadi on March 06, 2011, 11:36:27 AM

Any idea of separating Urea from Formic acid from their mixture?

Both are water soluble. But formic acid reacts with a base.
What about, if we made the mixture to dissolve in a saturated solution of sodium bicarbonate and extract only urea into any organic solvent.

But which organic solvent is to be used? Whether urea is stable under these conditions?