Extraction (chemistry)

chemical separation of a substance from a matrix

thumb | 220x124px | right | alt= An image of decocted Chinese medicine 一貫煎 on snow, taken in the United States. The snow is on the border of a forest near a residential area, with a small lake in the background near trees. | A traditional Chinese herbal decoction (湯劑/汤剂) right|thumb|Turkish coffee beginning to boil. Decoction compares to brewing coffee through [[percolation.]] Decoction is a method of extraction by boiling herbal or plant material (which may include stems, roots, bark and rhizomes) to dissolve the chemicals of the material. It is the most common preparation method in various h

method to separate compounds based on their relative solubilities in two different immiscible liquids, usually water and an organic solvent; extraction of a substance from one liquid into another liquid phase

sample preparation process by which compounds that are dissolved or suspended in a liquid mixture are separated from other compounds in the mixture according to their physical and chemical properties

separation of a desired substance from other substances in the sample

process of separating components using supercritical fluids