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Introduction to Separation Methods
Solvent Partitioning in Chemical Extraction
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Solvent partitioning in chemical extraction describes how a solute spreads between two immiscible solvents. Immiscible solvents do not mix, such as an aqueous phase and an organic phase. The distribution law, also called Nernst's distribution law or the partition law, explains how that solute is shared at a constant temperat...
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According to Nernst's distribution law, at a constant temperature, solute S will distribute itself between two immiscible solvents as described by its partition coefficient KD.
KD of a solute is equal to its distribution coefficient, D, if the solute exists in one chemical form in both the ...
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