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A centrifugal extractor has an annular mixing chamber and a basket for phase separation. This operation at relatively high speed promotes intensive mixing in the annular space where the two immiscible phases quickly reach equilibrium. The mixture enters the inner volume of the rotating basket where high centrifugal force quickly separates the two phases. The extract and raffinate are discharged through separate outlets. For finer separation, multistage extraction may be used.
