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What is the major disadvantage of using ether as an extracting solvent?

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What is the major disadvantage of using ether as an extracting solvent?

(a) Highly flammable

(b) Highly volatile

(c) Highly flammable and highly volatile

(d) Cold environment

This question was posed to me by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

The query is from Contact Equilibrium Separation Process topic in chapter Contact Equilibrium Separation Process of Food Processing Unit Operations

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Correct option is (c) Highly flammable and highly volatile

Explanation: The disadvantage of ether is that it is highly volatile and highly flammable. So therefore solvent extraction experiment is conducted in a cold environment and which do not involve heat.

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