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Offline kLeeyr

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How will you separate the components of the ff. mixtures?
« on: August 09, 2009, 02:05:04 AM »
suggest a method and describe it.

a. Starch and rice
b. oil and water
c. sand and water
d. acetone, alcohol and water
e. sugar and rice

i need your help guys  ;)
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Re: How will you separate the components of the ff. mixtures?
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2009, 09:11:04 AM »
Well, what differences are you are aware of between, for instance oil and water, or sugar and rice?

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Re: How will you separate the components of the ff. mixtures?
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2009, 12:07:16 PM »
google the separating techniques. It lists lots of them. Check out
-filtration
-using melting or boiling point difference-
-distillation/fractional distillation
-decantation
-evaporation/crystallization

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Re: How will you separate the components of the ff. mixtures?
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2009, 04:39:32 PM »
I wonder if using a screen to sieve in the list

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