Seperation Process - Extraction (Chemical Engineering-Basic Chemical Engineering)

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 Chemical Engineering

Basic Chemical Engineering



Extraction

Liquid extraction or liquid seperation process is one of the primary options to take into consideration when separation by distillation is unsuccessful or extremely challenging. Extraction, which relies on solubility differences rather than vapor-pressure differences to separate impurities, is frequently used to separate close-boiling mixtures or compounds from other substances that cannot withstand the temperature of distillation, even in the presence of a vacuum.
The process of causing anything that is dissolved in one liquid to become dissolved in another is known as extraction. This is accomplished by utilising a compound's relative solubility between two liquids.


Let's suppose you wish to separate the sugar from the oil after mixing sugar and vegetable oil together (it tastes good!). Because the sugar granules are too small to filter, you estimate that some of the sugar has been partially dissolved in the vegetable oil. Since water and oil are immiscible (i.e., not soluble in each other), sugar is far more soluble in water than it is in vegetable oil. You can enhance the contact area between the two phases by thoroughly shaking them. The sugar will transition to the phase of water, where it is most soluble.


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