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3.3 Liquid-Liquid Extraction

If the two phases are immiscible liquids, the technique is called liquid-liquid extraction. Usually, one phase is aqueous (hydrophilic) and the other is a hydrophobic organic solvent. A sequence of extractions with solvents of various solvents can be used to separate, with considerable efficiency, relatively complex mixtures.



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