What is the practical advantage of having the organic solvent be more dense than water when one is extracting an organic compound from an aqueous solution in a separatory funnel?
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Extraction is a separation technique used to separate a substance from a mixture. In the context of organic chemistry, it often involves separating an organic compound from an aqueous solution using an organic solvent. Show more…
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