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MEK is Methyl Ethyl Ketone It is reasonably non-polar in nature, so that it is immiscible with water (By nature Polar mix with Polar and Non-Polar mix with Non-polar only). It is also known as 2-Butanone or Butan-2-one. It is used for solvent extraction of many metals as it complexes with MEK.

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