A sample of fried potatoes weighing 200 g was extracted using a volatile organic solvent. The recovered cooking oil weighed 15 g. What methods from this experiment could be used to separate the cooking oil after the extraction? (evaporation, gravity filtration or vacuum filtration?) why so?

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A sample of fried potatoes weighing 200 g was extracted using a volatile organic
solvent. The recovered cooking oil weighed 15 g. What methods from this
experiment could be used to separate the cooking oil after the extraction? (evaporation, gravity filtration or vacuum filtration?) why so?

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