Separating Mixtures

Separating Mixtures
 Separating Mixtures
Mixing sulphur and iron...

...how could you separate this mixture?

Separating Mixtures
Do not put magnetic directly on iron
Hold the magnet below the Petri dish

Sulphur + Iron mixture

Petri dish

Magnet
 Separating Mixtures
Youre stranded on a desert island surrounded by sea
water, sadly your science teacher is lost at sea but luckily
all your science equipment has washed up...

...how could you separate a mixture of sand, salt and

water to get drinking water?
 Goal: to extract clean fresh water
Come up with a plan, you will need:
- A list of equipment
- A series of steps

You should be able to explain your reasoning

for each step, use your science knowledge!

You have 10 minutes

Ideas and Changes
 Separating Mixtures: Filtration

filter paper

Mixture
(salt, sand, water)
filter funnel

Mixture
(salt and water)
 Separating Mixtures: Evaporation

Water

Mixture Evaporating dish

(salt and water)

Bunsen burner
 Separating Mixtures: Distillation

What is
happening
Water here?
Vapour

Mixture
(salt and
water)

Bunsen burner Water

Separating Mixtures Solid and Liquid
Separate a mixture of sand, copper sulphate and water.

Filtration

Evaporation
 Draw a diagram for filtration and evaporation

Separating Mixtures: Solids and Liquids

1. Filtration: method of separating an insoluble solid from a

solution
 Draw a diagram for filtration and evaporation

Separating Mixtures: Solids and Liquids

2. Evaporation: method of separating a soluble solid from a

solution
Filtration, Evaporation and Distillation
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ating-mixtures-of-materials/2295.html
 Separating Mixtures - Liquids
How could we separate a mixture of water and
alcohol?

Alcohol boils at 78C

Water boils at ? C

If you heated a mixture of water and alcohol which

would boil first?
Separating Mixtures - Liquids
How could we prove we have
separated the water and alcohol?
Separating Mixtures: Centrifuging
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