Why alocohol not hrated directly to remove chlorophyll?
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So chlorophyll responsible for green color is to be removed first. Methylated spirits contain alcohol methanol and ethanol. Chlorophyll dissolves in this organic solvents (alcohol). So when leaf is heated in alcohol,they decolorize as alcohol extracts the chlorophyll of the leaf and thus leaf becomes pale yellow.....
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