[cmquer]

I am carrying an experiment to determine the % of oil in almond by Soxhlet extraction. Besides using petroleum ether, what else can be used as the solvent?

[movies]

Think about what properties you want from the solvent.  How could your results be tainted if an inappropriate solvent was used?

[cmquer]

Is methanol suitable for using as the solvent?

[ARGOS++]

Dear Cmquer;

Suitable maybe, but satisfiable: ??
How ends the phrase?:  “Like dissolves  …. !”

(Wikipedia doesn’t now much on “Eluotropic Series”, but much more on “Elutrope Reihe”!)

Good Luck!
                    ARGOS⁺⁺

[cmquer]

How about Benzene? Could it be both suitable and satisfiable?

[ARGOS++]

Dear Cmquer;

It is already a much better choice, but Benzene has one “small” disadvantage:

It’s quite carcinogenic!    That's why it is mostly substituted by “Toluene”!

A little simple spoken:  “Any” Solvent in the “Elutrope Reihe” from and above Acetone will do it, but not all are for the identical, same satisfying.
That’s why the phrase:  “Like dissolves like!” is not more specific.

Good Luck!
                    ARGOS⁺⁺