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Which xylenes, if any, are immiscible with DMSO?
"Xylene" is reported to be immiscible with dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), according to a few solvent miscibility tables found online (chart 1, chart 2, chart 3). I have tried to locate some ...
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How does pH affect an extraction problem
I am not sure how to understand when pH will affect a given problem regarding extraction. For example, in a problem given that K$_D$ of the reaction is $1.86$ I am asked to calculate:
(a) How much ...
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Distribution coeffecient without concentrations
From what I understand about distribution coefficient is straight from my book — which does not give any practice examples — is that
$$D = \frac{C_\mathrm{A}(\text{ext})}{C_\mathrm{A}(\text{orig})}$$ ...
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How to without calculations understand the liquid-liquid extraction efficiency?
I'm asking myself this question for a very long time and I haven't found a simple an good explanation yet for the fact that it's better (if you want to clean them) to wash your hands two times with ...
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