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extraction |
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experiments: |
Liquid/liquid extraction is an energy efficient process for purifying one liquid by exploiting a solute's preferential solubility in another immiscible solvent. This approach may substitute for distillation as a more energy-attractive process or, indeed, when distillation is unaccepatble when heat-sensitive materilas are involved. This experiment investigates the fundamentals of liquid/liquid extraction including the determination of partition coefficients and subsequently the mass transfer characteristics of a liquid/liquid extraction column. |
A .pdf version of the experiment instructions is avalaible for download on Cooper Union's internal server |
