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use soapy water. the wood will float the gold will sink. the soap reduces the surface tension, preventing tiny particles of gold from floating.
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Is wood a compound element or mixture?
Wood is a MIXTURE of many compounds, so your answer would be a mixture.
How do you separate iron from iron and gold?
chica con la falda hur..... n esta es mi answer u separate gold from wood by adding it with H2O in a container.... the wood will float n the gold will sink n 4 da nickles n dimes....well just separate them by weight..
Is wood a compound homogeneous mixture a heterogenous mixture or an element?
The wood is considered to be a Heterogeneous mixture.
What method would you use to separate wood and brick pieces?
Wood float on water, bricks not.
Is a pencil a mechanical mixture?
Yes it is, because you could see more than one substance in it. Wood and The led. and of course the led and wood could be separated. So the pencil would be considered as mechanical mixture
How do you separate wood shaving and iron filing?
You can put the mixture in water where the wood will float and the the iron sink, or separate them with a magnet, where the iron will be attracted and the wood will not.
Is wood a mixture or element?
Wood is a MIXTURE of many compounds, so your answer would be a mixture.
How do you separate sand from a mixture of sugar and wood chips?
i donk know
Is wood a mixture elements compounds?
Wood is a MIXTURE of many compounds, so your answer would be a mixture.
How can you separate copper objects with wood?
put water in the mixture, the wood will float and the copper will sink. :D
Why do wood chips separate from the mixture when water is added?
Having a low density wood chips float on water.
How would you separate wood and gold?
burn it! and save the ash. Then pan the ash, gently swirling - the lighter ash should wash away, leaving the gold residue.
Which physical property could be used to separate balsa wood from rocks?
you can put the mixture in water, the wood will float and the rocks will sink.
How do you separate a mixture of limestone and sawdust and wood chips and potassium nitrate?
By using charle's perveratinas
Is wood a compound element or mixture?
Wood is a MIXTURE of many compounds, so your answer would be a mixture.
When you place several cups of the sand sugar and wood chip mixture in the plastic dishpan how were you able to separate the wood chip from the mixture?
use a strainer so the small grains of sugar and sand can escape then you will be left with the wood chips.
How do you separate iron from iron and gold?
chica con la falda hur..... n esta es mi answer u separate gold from wood by adding it with H2O in a container.... the wood will float n the gold will sink n 4 da nickles n dimes....well just separate them by weight..
