Separatory Funnel Lab Report

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Brew together beverages (excluding: Water, Caffeinated Water: Water Joe, Energy Drink: Red Bull)
Use a separatory funnel to close the stopcock.
Set up a ring stand in order to support the separatory funnel and place 100ml of beverage into the separatory funnel.
Add 25 ml of the solvent: dichloromethane and place the stopper to close off the top of the separatory funnel.
After closing, shake the funnel for 1-2 minutes.
Put back the funnel in the ring stand so the two layers of liquid could separate (this should take a few minutes, but if an emulsion occurs, use the glass stirring rod to break up the emulsion.)
Remove the stopper once the two layers have more or less separated and transfer the lower dichloromethane layer into another clean and

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