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Offline wjswofls

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Ether extraction
« on: September 30, 2018, 09:21:29 AM »
Would you recommend ether extraction as a means of separating a mixture of two dyes? Why and why not?

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Re: Ether extraction
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2018, 11:56:18 AM »
It is a forum rule that you must show your attempt at answering a question before we can help you.

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Re: Ether extraction
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2018, 02:34:16 PM »
There are thousands of different dyes and this question is entirely dependant on the exact structure of the two

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Re: Ether extraction
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2018, 05:36:52 PM »
One could formulate an answer hypothetically.  When is liquid-liquid extraction a successful technique in general?

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Re: Ether extraction
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2018, 06:33:20 PM »
One could formulate an answer hypothetically.  When is liquid-liquid extraction a successful technique in general?

I will chime in with one piece of experience: Most dyes that are not azo or anthraquinone dyes are charged, and therefore poorly soluble in ether.

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