How is brewing coffee chemistry?
Chemistry For Your Life
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Using Solvent in a Chemistry Lab
In a chemistry lab, when we're going through the process of trying to keep the things we want and get rid of the rest of it, we consider what's solvent we want to use. In solvent is a liquid that you dissolve something into. We would consider is asitone, like nail polish remover? Is that going to be the best solvent? Maybe water, maybe alcohol? You can go through all these different liquids and think about what's going to dissolve the best. But when you're making coffee, there's only really one option for humans to safely take in, right? And that's water, yes? Or gols, to drink it and put it in our bodies
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