Cold water extraction: Difference between revisions

>David Hedlund
Heat, such as a heating mat, often evaporates a portion of the substance.
>David Hedlund
Procedures: # Weight the substance again, and compare it with the weight in step 1.
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==Procedures==
==Procedures==
# Weight the substance, and write down the value.
# For lumped substances: Break them apart.
# For lumped substances: Break them apart.
# Sift the powder with a coarse strainer, and then with a fine strainer, to make them easy to dissolve.
# Sift the powder with a coarse strainer, and then with a fine strainer, to make them easy to dissolve.
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# Put the clear phase in a glass baking dish and let evaporate. Use several glass baking dishes to get more surface for quicker evaporation. Heat, such as a heating mat, often evaporates a portion of the substance.
# Put the clear phase in a glass baking dish and let evaporate. Use several glass baking dishes to get more surface for quicker evaporation. Heat, such as a heating mat, often evaporates a portion of the substance.
# The substance will stick to glass surface when dissolved with water, so use a baking scraper, and finish scraping the residues with a razor blade.
# The substance will stick to glass surface when dissolved with water, so use a baking scraper, and finish scraping the residues with a razor blade.
# Weight the substance again, and compare it with the weight in step 1.
# Repeat the steps with the sediment to precipitate the 10% water-soluble substances.
# Repeat the steps with the sediment to precipitate the 10% water-soluble substances.


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