ExtractionTheory.pptVIP

Extraction Theory Org I Lab W. J. Kelly Separatory Funnel Extraction Procedure Separate the layers. Let the funnel rest undisturbed until the layers are clearly separated While waiting, remove the stopper and place a beaker or flask under the sep funnel. Carefully open the stopcock and allow the lower layer to drain into the flask. Drain just to the point that the upper liquid barely reaches the stopcock * Liquid-liquid extraction is a useful method to separate components (compounds) of a mixture Lets see an example. Suppose that you have a mixture of sugar in vegetable oil (it tastes sweet!) and you want to separate the sugar from the oil. ??You observe that the sugar particles are too tiny to filter and you suspect that the sugar is partially dissolved in the vegetable oil. What will you do? How about shaking the mixture with water Will it separate the sugar from the oil? Sugar is much more soluble in water than in vegetable oil, and, as you know, water is immiscible (=not soluble) with oil. Did you see the result?The water phase is the bottom layer andthe oil phase is the top layer, because water is denser than oil. *You have not shaken the mixture yet, so sugar is still in the oil phase. By shaking the layers (phases) well, you increase the contact area between the two phases.The sugar will move to the phase in which it is most soluble: the water layer Now the water phase tastes sweet,?because the sugar is moved to the water phase upon shaking.**You extracted sugar from the oil with water.**In this example,water was the extraction solvent ;the original oil-sugar mixture was the solution to be extracted; and sugar was the compound extracted from one phase to another. Separating the two layers accomplishes the separation of the sugar from the vegetable oil Did you get it? .....the concept of liquid-liquid extraction? Liquid-liquid extraction is based on the transfer of a solute substance from one liquid phase into another liquid phase ac