Question

Which potential component in the synthetic pain relief mixture could be separated from the mixture using liquid-liquid extraction with sodium bicarbonate solution?

Answer 1

Answer: The acetaminophen

Explanation: Liquid-Liquid is a very important and commercial separation method used for the chemical separation and analyst of chemical mixtures. It is also known as PARTITIONING. In this technique the solute is transferred from one solvent to another of which both solvents are IMMISCIBLE OR PARTLY MISCIBLE. example in the mixture involving sodium bicarbonate,acetylsalicylic acid and acetaminophen and a binder after the binder is removed and you mix the two other components with the sodium bicarbonate the solution the acetylsalicylic acid dissolved but the acetaminophen did not meaning you could separate it from the other.