Chemistry (including Biochemistry)/crystallization

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i would like to know about the method of crystallization by aceton.
i mean the way to purify chemicals.


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Still very general.  Dissolve a sample in a minimal amount of acetone.  Either cool or slowly evaporate (or both) for the crystals of the sample to appear.  There are many many variations of this including mixed solvent, so I can't be more specific.  If you have a particular recrystallization of interest, search for it on www.google.com or look in any organic lab manual.  The technique is general to all solvents.

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