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SAI International School
Subject-Chemistry
Ch-Is Matter around us pure?
Topic-Separating funnel, sublimation, chromatography
LESSON NOTE
Separation of mixtures:
1. Mixtures containing two solids
Handpicking Sieving
Threshing Magnetic Separation
Winnowing Sublimation
2. Mixtures containing a solid and a liquid
Insoluble solid and a liquid
a) Sedimentation c) Filtration
b) Decantation d) Centrifugation
Soluble solid and a liquid
a) Evaporation c) Chromatography
b) Crystallisation d) Distillation
3. Mixtures containing two liquids
Immiscible liquids
a) Separating funnel
Miscible liquids
a) Fractional distillation
Separation of Immiscible liquids: Separating funnel
It is used to separate a mixture of two immiscible liquids, like oil and water.
Principle of Separating funnel:When a mixture of two
immiscible liquids is kept in a separating funnel, the liquids
separate out in layers depending on their densities with the
lighter forming the top layer.
Applications of Separating funnel:
To separate mixture of oil and water.
In the extraction of iron from its ore where the lighter slag (molten waste material) is
removed from the top by to leave the molten iron at the bottom
of the blast furnace.
Separation of two solids: Sublimation:This method is used
to separate those components from a mixture which can
sublime on heating.For example: Ammonium chloride, camphor,
naphthalene etc, can be separated from their mixture by
sublimation