Prove It! How do we know what chemicals we have? - Part 1: Purification Techniques

Have you ever wondered how all these scientists come up with their findings in forensics, environmental science, pharmaceuticals, … cooking, cosmetics, and in soooo many more? Chemical purification and analysis lies at the heart of this question and I give you hereby my attempt at answering it. This is Part 1 of this 2-Part series looking at purification techniques.

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Sources

Purification Techniques

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_purification_methods_in_chemistry

· Advanced Practical Organic Chemistry 2nd Edition, J. Leonard, B. Lygo, G. Procter, 1998, ISBN 0-7487-4071-6

DDT

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT

Microplastics

· https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/microplastics/

Centrifugation

· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEXWd3_fM94

· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAhBzUosvsU

Freeze-drying

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeze-drying