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Petroleum ether is a good solvent.give reason​

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Petroleum eitherer is a good commonly used solvent due to its relatively low cost compared to other organic solvent

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Petroleum ether generally dissolves more non-polar lipids than diethyl ether and has less potential for peroxide formation.

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