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🌿 Plant Extraction Lab: Steam Distillation vs Soxhlet

Interactive 3D lab comparing two real plant-compound extraction methods side by side: steam distillation (essential oils) and Soxhlet extraction (solvent reflux), with live yield tracking for volatile vs non-volatile, polar vs non-polar compounds.

Chemistry & Materials3DModerate60 FPS💧 Water

Details

CategoryChemistry & Materials

RenderingThree.js · WebGL

DifficultyModerate

Target FPS60

ControlsCamera-focus buttons (Steam distillation / Soxhlet / Show both) pan between the two rigs; compound buttons (Limonene / Caffeine / Menthol) set volatility and solvent-affinity values and reset the run; Start extraction / Pause toggles both apparatuses running simultaneously; Reset clears plant stock, yield and elapsed time.

Three.jsChemistryNatural ProductsSteam DistillationSoxhlet ExtractionOrganic Chemistry

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⚙ Under the hood

Interactive 3D lab comparing two real natural-product extraction methods side by side: steam distillation, where water vapour carries volatile compounds to a condenser and Florentine receiver, and Soxhlet extraction, where a solvent cycles through reflux and siphon stages to dissolve compounds from plant material. Pick a target compound (limonene, caffeine or menthol) and watch live yield curves diverge based on its volatility and solvent solubility.

Three.jsChemistryNatural ProductsSteam DistillationSoxhlet ExtractionOrganic Chemistry

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install