Extraction batch shakeout tests

Quantitative and (hopefully, at least) qualitative considerations are helpful in characterizing a liquid-liquid system for a potential extraction application. Batch shakeout tests are frequently the easiest way to determine basic feasibility by simply measuring the primary and secondary break times and by analyses to measure the compositions of the equilibrated phases. Such tests are readily conducted by mixing small volumes of each phase in a vial, which is then vigorously agitated and placed on a lab bench to settle. The resulting behavior of the liquid-liquid mixture depends on physical properties and system characteristics. The greater the density difference and interfacial tension between the two liquid phases, for example, the more rapidly the phases tend to separate. More viscous systems separate more slowly. 

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See also in sourсe #XX -- [ ]

See also in sourсe #XX -- [ ]

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