Caffeine Synthesis Lab Report

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Nevertheless, there were also problems associated with the extraction of caffeine such as, the emulsions when I was undergoing the practical my main key was to avoid emulsions because, emulsions can cause a delay in the separation of two liquids , therefore shaking the solution must be avoided because it is the cause. Furthermore, another source of errors is tannins being extracted, which would result in there not being a pure sample of caffeine. The principle of caffeine extraction is a method that is used for the separation of organic compound from a mixture of compound. The organic solvent dichloromethane, is used in the extraction of caffeine to extract caffeine from aqueous extract caffeine of tea powder ad caffeine is more soluble in

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