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Title: How does hexane dissolve fat?
Post by: micmac63 on Oct 22, 2012
We performed a lab in which we used hexane to remove the fat from french fries.. How does it do this?


Title: How does hexane dissolve fat?
Post by: bugaian on Oct 22, 2012
Mix Hexane with french fries, stir, then filter out the hexane.  Heat the resulting french fries to remove the residue of Hexane.
(Please note the toxicity of Hexane)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexane
Hexane is used in solvents to extract oils for cooking