Organic Chemistry Describe the principles behind the extraction process (your na

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Organic Chemistry
Describe the principles behind the extraction process (your narrative should include the terms distribution coefficient, solute, solubility, concentration, immiscible, and polarity). Organic Chemistry
Describe the principles behind the extraction process (your narrative should include the terms distribution coefficient, solute, solubility, concentration, immiscible, and polarity).
Describe the principles behind the extraction process (your narrative should include the terms distribution coefficient, solute, solubility, concentration, immiscible, and polarity).

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extraction is essentially the technique we use to exploit the solubility of each compounds in solvents.

Typical solvents are either aqueous ( water) and organic ( nopolar solents such as hexane, octane, etc...)

therefore, the solute A will have a coefficient distribution

K = Solubility in oranic phase / Solubility in aqueous phase

the idea is to find solvents in which K >> 1

if this is true, then separation is possible.

Solute will be present (higher concentration ) in either phase in majority, then we will state "successful" extraction.

We also can apply several extractions; in order ot increase the concentration in polar/nonpolar solvent, depending on the required concentrations

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