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Old April 22nd, 2008, 19:54
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Default Re: Extracting n-Butanol Dissolved in Water

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Originally Posted by JohnHunyadi21
Hello,

Does anyone know of an easy means of removing dissolved butyl alcohol from water? (The boiling point of butanol is ~117 deg. C; the butanol composes ~2% of the solution).

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Can't you just distill the water out of it? The boiling point of water is just under the boiling point of butanol, so you would have to monitor is constantly...
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