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What Is an Extraction in Chemistry?
In chemistry, you can easily mix two things together and heat it up or stir it. An extraction is used both to purify one thing, take out something we want, but also to kind of wash away things that we don't. A good example of an extraction is if you have a mixture of a solid metal and salt. Go back and check out the episode where we talked about what makes spicy things hot,. We talked about capsason.
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