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How do you separate pencil shavings sand salt polystyrene and iron?
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∙ 8y ago
Chuck the mixture into water. The sand will sink, the shavings float.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 8y agoUsing water as a solvent will dissolve the salt and also float away solid polystyrene and most of the pencil shavings (the wood not any graphite). The sand, graphite, and iron will form a sediment.
- The iron can be removed from the sediment by magnets, but you would need a chemical reaction or a centrifuge to separate the graphite from the sand.
- The salt can be recovered by evaporation of the water.
- The wood shavings could be separated by dissolving the polystyrene with a solvent. Or the polystyrene might be separated from the shavings with a wind chamber, as it is slightly denser.
Getting all five substances completely separated would be extremely difficult.
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∙ 12y agoBurn it... assuming you only want the sand and a bit of graphite. If you want the pencil shavings I'd suggest a sieve or a pasta strainer.
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∙ 13y agoDrop the mix in water. Sawdust floats, sand will sink.
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∙ 11y agoYou would use the filtration method (when you pour your mixture through a filter). This can be used to separate almost any liquid mixture.
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∙ 6y agoWell, I don't know whether you have realized this, but doesn't wood float on water?
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∙ 6y agoPut in water - wood floats.
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How do magnets stick to iron shavings?
The iron shavings get temporarily magnetized, due to the influence of the magnet. Thus, you have two magnets attracting each other - the original magnet, and a piece of iron shaving.
What are good conductors for a magnet?
Mainly iron, such as aluminum foil, cobalt, any iron coin, iron part of a pencil, specific iron rock called lodestone, and dull nail (the dull nail is actually shiny). Pretty much anything iron.
How do you separate iron powder and salt?
Mix the salt and powder together in water until the salt dissolves. Pour the mixture through filter paper to separate the powder from the water. Boil the water so it evaporates and leaves the salt behind. If the powder is iron, you can use a magnet to separate them rather than mixing in water.
What are the steps to separate iron filings sand and salt?
Hold a magnet over it and the iron will fly out of the salt and stick to it, and the salt will stay there.
How do you separate iron fillings from baby powder?
get a magnet that attracts iron
How do you separate a mixture or pepper and iron shavings?
Use a magnet to remove the iron shavings.
How you could separate a mixture of iron shavings and sand?
use a magnet
What is iron shavings?
shavings of iron.
What are iron shavings?
tiny pieces of iron
How might you separate a mixture of iron shavings and sand by using their differing physical properties?
You would use a magnet and the magnet will attract the iron since its magnetic the sand would stay michael Zender
How might you separate a mixture iron shavings and sand by using their differing physical properties?
You would use a magnet and the magnet will attract the iron since its magnetic the sand would stay michael Zender
How do magnets stick to iron shavings?
The iron shavings get temporarily magnetized, due to the influence of the magnet. Thus, you have two magnets attracting each other - the original magnet, and a piece of iron shaving.
Methods of separating mixtures that would allow you to separate nails from a pile of wood shavings?
Use a centrifuge. Magnetic separation will not work if they are brass nails.
What is an iron shaving?
An iron shaving is a very tiny piece of iron that has been shaved off of something. Iron shavings are commonly found in welding.
Can iron make pencils?
i don't think so,b'coz graphite is useful in pencil & iron is so hard so in what way we make pencil with iron.
Should you separate iron from sand with a magnet or a strainer?
it will get on the iron if you try to separate sand will be on the iron
Who would you separate iron and sulphur?
You need a magnet to separate iron from a mixture (not from a compound).
