why should you look up the density of an organic solvent before using it in an...

why should you look up the density of an organic solvent before using it in an extraction? What is meant by the term 'Immiscible" and why is this factor important when performining an extraction?

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This question is for the separation technique called solvent extraction

Here we take 2 solvents which are immiscible in nature and when we add the mixture to this layers and shake it well it seperates between 2 layers and then we seperate it into the seperating funnel.

Density plays a major role in deciding the extraction of the mixture

Density of the organic solvent tells us wheather it is going to be top later or bottom layer in the seperating funnel

The denser solvent among the aqueous and organic layer will be on the bottom side

And the less denser will be on the top layer

The term immiscible means the two liquids don't form a homogenous mixture when mixed and form 2 separate layers

This factor is important in solvent extraction because if the two solvents are not Immiscible with each other the mixture will not seperate between 2 layers and hence cannot be seperated from each other.

I hope this helps. If you have any query or want more detailed explanation, feel free to ask in the comments section below.

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