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0.170g of caffeine is dissolved in 10.0mL of water. The caffeineis extracted from the aqueous solution three times with 5.0-mLportions of methylene chloride. Calculate the total amount ofcaffeine that can be extracted into three portions of methylenechloride. Caffeine has a distribution coefficient of 4.6 betweenmethylene chloride and water.

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Weight of caffeine is W = 0.170 gm.

Volume of water is V= 10 ml

Volume of methylene chloride which extracted caffeine is v= 5ml

No of portions n=3

Distribution co-efficient= 4.6

TOTAL AMOUNT OF CAFFEINE THAT CAN BE UNEXTRACTED IS GIVEN BY

                     wn= WX[KDxV/(KDxV+v)]n

                                  w3= 0.170[ (4.6x10)/(4.6X10+5)]3

                            = 0.170[46/46+5]3

                            = 0.170[46/51]3

                           =0.170

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