Separation of mixtures

1. Separation of Mixtures

2. By Hand
• Substance separated: mechanical
mixtures
• Material used in separation: Hand
• Examples: Pizza, salad

3. Sifting/Sieving
• Substance separated: solids
• Material used in separation: screen
• Examples: gravel, gold

4. Magnetism
• Substance separated: metals
• Material used in separation: magnet
• Examples: iron

5. Filtration
• Substance separated: Fine insoluble
(does not dissolve) solid particles from a
liquid.
• Material used in separation: Filter paper
• Examples:sand and water

6. Distillation
• Substance separated: components of a
solvent from a solute in a solution.
• Material used in separation: evaporation
• Examples: sugar in water

7. Chromatography
• Substance separated: Liquid substances
with different absorbencies
• Material used in separation:
chromatography paper
• Examples: markers, forensics