Explain why caffeine can be extracted from tea leaves into hot water, and how you extracted the aqueous solution and isolated crude caffeine:
- Explain why caffeine in tea is soluble in hot water (i.e., identify the significant INTERMOLECULAR FORCES affecting solubility)
- Discuss the physical apperance of the aqueous tea solution versus the organic solution; why is tea so dark?
- Explain why Na2CO3 was added to the aqueous solution
- Describe how caffeine was extracted from the aqueous solution