This object is a Soxhlet’s extraction tube made from Pyrex glass. The Soxhlet extraction uses a solvent to extract organic compounds from a solid matrix. The extraction is named for its inventor, ...

Capsaicinoids are interesting compounds with multiple, very different uses. In this video I use a Soxhlet extractor to extract the capsaicinoids from Ghost Chili peppers.

Look closely and you’ll see the “cattails” in this tranquil glowing pond are in fact crystals of a fluorescent organic molecule clinging to fiberglass filaments inside a Soxhlet apparatus, a piece of ...