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Methods Of

Separating Mixtures
Handpicking

This method involves simply picking out


all the unwanted substances by hand
and separating them from useful ones.
The separated substances may be an
impurity that has to be thrown away or
maybe that both the separated
substances are useful. For example – if
you separate black grapes from green
ones from a mixture of the two.
Threshing

This method is mostly done during the


harvesting of crops. Normally, the stalks
of the wheat are dried once it is
harvested. The grain is then separated
from the stalks and grounded into the
floor by beating the dry stalks to shake
off the dried grains.
Winnowing

When the grains are collected from the


process of threshing, it needs to be
cleared out of husks and chaffs before it
is turned into flour. Normally the
separation of the mixture is carried out
with the help of wind or blowing air. The
husk and chaff are blown away by the
strong wind when the farmers drop the
mixture from a certain height to the
ground. The heavier grains are collected
at one place.
Sieving

It is done to separate mixtures that


contain substances mostly of
different sizes. The mixture is
passed through the pores of the
sieve. All the smaller substances
pass through easily while the
bigger components of the mixture
are retained
Evaporation

Evaporation is a technique that is used in


separating a mixture, usually a solution
of a solvent and a soluble solid. In this
method, the solution is heated until the
organic solvent evaporates where it
turns into a gas and mostly leaves
behind the solid residue.
Distillation

When mixtures consist of two or more pure liquids than distillation is


used. Here the components of a liquid mixture are vaporized,
condensed and then isolated. The mixture is heated and the
component which is volatile evaporates first. The vapor moves
through a condenser and is collected in a liquid state.
Filtration

The most common method of separating a liquid from an


insoluble solid is the filtration. Take, for example, the
mixture of sand and water. Filtration is used here to remove
solid particles from the liquid. Various filtering agents are
normally used like filtering paper or other materials.
Sedimentation/Decantation is a process by which heavier impurities
present in liquid normally water settle down at the bottom of the
container containing the mixture. The process takes some amount of
time.
Separating Funnel

Separating funnel is used mainly to


segregate two immiscible liquids.
The mechanism involves taking
advantage of the unequal density
of the particles in the mixture. Oil
and water can be easily separated
using this technique.
Paper chromatography is a technique used for the
separation of compounds based on the differential
solubility in the stationary phase and mobile phase
(solvent).
Magnetic separation is the
process of separating
components of mixtures by using
a magnet to attract magnetic
substances. The process that is
used for magnetic separation
separates non-magnetic
substances from those which are
magnetic.
1. Milk and Cereal
2.Sugar solution
3.Iron filings and sand
4.Muddy water
5.The component color of a leaf
6. Rice grains which have accidentally been mixed
with flour
7. Separating water and pasta
8. Separating M&M’s by color
9. Salt solution
10. Oil and water
1. Aluminum foil 8. Salt
2. Air 9. MAgnesium
3. Soil 10. Coffee
4. Steel 11. Orange juice
5. Sugar solution 12. Copper
6. Pizza 13. Bag of M&M’s
7. Blood 14. Coke Float
15. Sinigang

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