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How do you separate a mixture that contains Iron fillings sand water and rubbing alcohol?
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Here's my suggestion:
Pour the full mixture through a filter paper. This will leave the water/alcohol mix in the bottom of the beaker and the iron/sand mix in the filter paper.
To separate the iron and sand, I'd wait for the mix to dry and spread the mix out on a flat piece of paper. By using a magnet, you can pick out the iron filings- leaving the sand behind.
The water/alcohol mix poses more problems! Hopefully, a layer will form between the two due to different densities etc. If so, one layer can be removed via a pipette. However, a more tedious method could be to...
Set up a flask and sit it on a tripod and gauze. Put the mixture in the flask. GENTLY heat the flask with a Bunsen burner, with a distillation tube fitted to the flask ( also known as a reflux condenser). If the mixture isn't allowed to boil, the alcohol will evaporate away, go down the distillation vessel and into a clean beaker, leaving the water behind.
Hope this is adequate?!
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
To separate the mixture, you can use a magnet to attract and remove the iron fillings. Next, you can pour the remaining mixture through filter paper to separate the sand from the water-alcohol solution. The sand will be retained on the filter paper, while the liquid will pass through. Finally, you can heat the water-alcohol solution to evaporate the alcohol, leaving behind only water.
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