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Subject: Re: Science Education & Safety
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 23:50:35 -0400
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Subject: Re: Science Education & Safety
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 15:40:17 -0700
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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 23:06:23 -0400
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Ethyl acetate is the general replacement in that classic laboratory experiment.  Requires approximately 4x more solvent, however.  Google this: caffeine extraction "ethyl acetate"

Caffeine from tea or coffee is an excellent experiment to demonstrate supercritical CO2 extraction, but I expect the instructor is trying to demonstrate classic two-phase extractions.

Rob Toreki

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On Oct 8, 2010, at 3:51 PM, Russell Vernon wrote:

I found out today that one of our teaching labs is conducted an extraction experiment with dichloromethane (caffeine from coffee)
I would like to provide them a reasonable alternative extraction experiment with an occupationally regulated carcinogen=85
If you have a recommendation to look at, would you please contact me?
Thanks,
-Russ
Russell Vernon, Ph.D.
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