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Liquid-Liquid Extraction and reuse of solvent

libero - 12-5-2010 at 22:49

I must make extraction whit Chloroform of some chemicals .
My question is is bossible to reuse the Chloroform after compleate the extraction and how many time i can reuse the Chloroform.

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not_important - 13-5-2010 at 02:53

As long as you want, search for "rotary evaporator" or rotovap, and also for "solvent still". You will not 100% recovery, you must leave some solvent to carry and remove the other gunk from the still, but it can cut down on solvent use.