What is liquid-liquid extraction?
Get a basic
idea here . . .
Liquid-liquid extraction is a useful method to separate components (compounds)
of a mixture.
The success of this method depends upon the difference in solubility
of a compound in various solvents.
For a given compound, solubility differences between solvents
is quantified as the "distribution coefficient",
- (details are provided in Theory Section 3.)
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