An Easily-Assembled Soxhlet Extractor to Demonstrate Continuous Extraction

The construction of a Soxhlet extractor from readily available laboratory equipment is described. The apparatus can be used to demonstrate the concept of continuous extraction and was used in the isolation of trimyristin from nutmeg.

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Published in:	Journal of chemical education Vol. 94; no. 6; pp. 819 - 820
Main Authors:	Jones, Kevin M, Smellie, Iain A, Patterson, Iain L. J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Easton American Chemical Society and Division of Chemical Education, Inc 13-06-2017 American Chemical Society
Subjects:	Construction Extraction Extraction processes Laboratory equipment Nutmeg First-Year Undergraduate/General Hands-On Learning/Manipulatives High School/Introductory Chemistry Analytical Chemistry
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Summary:	The construction of a Soxhlet extractor from readily available laboratory equipment is described. The apparatus can be used to demonstrate the concept of continuous extraction and was used in the isolation of trimyristin from nutmeg.
ISSN:	0021-9584 1938-1328
DOI:	10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00965