Identifying the organic layer
What Identifying the organic layer means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Which layer is organic is identified from density data or by adding a little water and seeing which layer grows.
The organic layer is identified by its density or by a test before the other layer is discarded.
Topics that use Identifying the organic layer
- Alcohols, haloalkanes and analysis - 4.2.3 Organic synthesis (OCR A-Level)
- Use of apparatus and techniques (OCR A-Level)
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