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The segments are broken up or mixed with solvents before being put through a chromatography process.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

During the 1950s and 1960s, workers would regularly burn toxic waste in open pits and cleaned engines with solvents that later contaminated the groundwater.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Mullin tried unsuccessfully to get it off using soap, alcohol and other solvents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

According to the researchers, industrial extraction relies on mechanical pressing rather than chemical solvents.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026

He showed Charles Chappell into a second-floor room that contained a table, medical instruments, and bottles of solvents.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson