... the contents through a filter, the liquid organic layer was separated from the solid insoluble layer. The resulting liquid organic layer is set aside to be tested. The resulting solid insoluble component is put through a similar process, only this time, instead of ethyl acetate, distilled water is used. The distilled water is a polar solvent, so it will be able to extract and ... it is highly likely that the two organic compounds in our unknown soil sample is m-nitroaniline and naphthalene. Since we believed that our soil had naphthalene and m-nitroaniline, we created a method to separa...

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