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What is the process of evaporating water from seawater for drinking?
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∙ 7y ago
First step is filtration - particles are filtered out. Then desalination - this is done by heating the water and letting it evaporate or by reverse osmosis (pushing it through a special filter) Then water is typically chlorinated (chlorine is added) and in most countries also flourinated. At that point it good enough to drink.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoYou can filter it and you will have very pure sea water. If you want to make pure water from sea water, you can distill it.
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∙ 15y agoYes, it can be done through a process called desalination. However it's quite expensive to do on a large scale.
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∙ 7y agoSeawater is transformed in drinking water by distillation or desalination.
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Is the process of evaporating water from seawater a physical property?
Yes, because you are not changing it's chemical properties. It's molecular formula stays the same.
Is seawater hypertonic isotonic or hypotonic to drinking water?
Seawater contains salts as well as other minerals in its suspension, therefore it is hypertonic to drinking water.
What is the corrosion of carbon steel in seawater?
Steel is corroded by the oxygen that is dissolved in water, and in the case of seawater, the process is catalysed by the salt in the water.
Is evaporating sea water a physical chemical or nuclear change?
Evaporating seawater is a physical change. Physical changes affect the form, but not the chemical makeup of a substance. The sea water is undergoing a change in states of matter, not a chemical reaction. You can undo the change by condensing the evaporated water .
What moves in to replace the evaporating water?
The reverse process is called condensation.
Is the process of evaporating fresh water from seawater for drinking is an example of a physical change?
Yes, this is a physical change.
Is the process of evaporating water from seawater a physical property?
Yes, because you are not changing it's chemical properties. It's molecular formula stays the same.
What is the process called to produce drinking water from seawater?
Distillation.
How is salt removed from seawater?
Salt is removed from sea water in a process called desalination. This process involves evaporating the water leaving behind the salt.
How can you get salt out of seawater?
By evaporating the sea water. What remains is salt.
What is removal of salts from seawater?
Evaporating the water sodium chloride remain as a residue.
What is really cheap?
water, drinking or seawater
Is seawater hypertonic isotonic or hypotonic to drinking water?
Seawater contains salts as well as other minerals in its suspension, therefore it is hypertonic to drinking water.
What is the process that makes it possible for people to use seawater for drinking?
yes because even if it is salt water, there is still fresh water at the top of the salt water
How can we obtain drinking water from seawater?
By evaporating the water with a cold object slanted above it. This means that the water evaporates, leaving the salt behind and then condenses on the metal plate. It drips along the plate, falling off the edge as pure water. This can be achieved from a number of ways. For doing this on a large scale, one way is through desalination, where seawater is channeled to a desalination plant where the salt and impurities from seawater is removed.
Why seawater is not good for drinking and agriculture?
salt water
How is salt extracted from seawater?
If you leave the salt water in an evaporating basin the water will evaporate leaving you with big crystals of salt. To speed up the evaporating reaction you can heat it over a Bunsen Burner but your crystals of salt will the smaller.
