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OpenStudy (anonymous):

I have to clean up vegetable oil from water for a science experiment. Any ideas how I can do that? Medal will be given out!

OpenStudy (aaronq):

There are various ways, the easiest is to let the mixture sit still for a while, it will spontaneously separate into two different layers and you can extract the top layer with a syringe or a pipette. This occurs because of their different chemical characteristics (oil is non-polar and water is polar) and it's energetically unfavourable for them to mix.|dw:1385078354638:dw|

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