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Asked 5 December 2024

How can I remove ethyl acetate from carbon quantum dots?

I used the hydrothermal method to synthesize carbon quantum dots, and then added ethyl acetate to remove unreacted organic moieties. Now, I need to freeze-dry my samples, but I’m concerned that ethyl acetate might damage the freeze-dryer apparatus. How can I remove ethyl acetate from my samples without harming the carbon quantum dots?

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A. М. H. Hussein
University of Anbar
Ethyl acetate can be readily removed from mixtures containing it, ethanol and water by using extractive distillation in which the extractive distillation .

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