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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Quick question for the group
Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2015 4:19:25 PM
Author: "Duda, Mary J." <mjduda**At_Symbol_Here**CREIGHTON.EDU> 		Next by Date:
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] DCHAS-L Digest - 29 Jun 2015 to 30 Jun 2015 (#2015-131)
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 01:46:33 +0000
Author: Syam Kumar Prabhakaran

From: Steven Kirincich <skirincich4**At_Symbol_Here**GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Quick question for the group
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 17:43:28 -0400
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As a former organic and medicinal chemist, I can say with certainty that the ethyl acetate and hexanes do not need to be separated from each other. As long as the purification process provides a clean binary mixture, the chemists can use the recycled mixture and add either ethyl acetate or hexanes to get the desired ratio.



Steve Kirincich


On Jun 24, 2015, at 5:53 PM, Jake Hernandez <Jake.Hernandez**At_Symbol_Here**UTSA.EDU> wrote:

Greetings,
Our university just recently became a large quantity waste generator. We have been trying to find ways to reduce/reuse/recycle. One of our largest wastes is from the organic chemists. The waste in question is hexane/ethyl acetate. Has anyone heard of a way to separate these two and reuse them?
 
Thank you,
 
Jake Hernandez
Safety Specilaist 2
Lab Safety Division
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