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Download Solution PDFIf dichloromethane (DCM) and water (H2O) are used for differential extraction, which one of the following statements is correct?
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Things float when they are positively buoyant or less dense than the fluid in which they are sitting.
Dichloromethane, DCM (CH2Cl2) is heavier (density = 1.3266g cm-3)) than water (density = 1 g cm-3).
So, DCM and H2O will stay as lower and upper layer respectively in the separating funnel (S.F).
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