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If you made a mixture of iron fillings and salt how could you separate that mixture into its 2 original substances?
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∙ 14y ago
Place the mixture in water. You recover the iron once the salt dissolves. Then allow the water salt mixture to dry and allow salt crystals to reform.
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Which is easier to separate into its original substances a compound or a mixture?
a mixture
How do you separate mixture of iron fillings?
Use a magnet.
How do you separate iron from sulphur in a mixture of iron fillings and sulphur?
you an use a magnet to get the iron fillings out
How can you separate the mixture of sulphur power and iron fillings?
by using carbon disulphide
What substance can be used to separate a mixture of iron fillings and powdered sulfur?
a magnet
Can you separate salt and iron filings?
Iron fillings can be separated: - with a magnet - after the dissolution of the mixture, by filtering
How do you separate copper fillings from a mixture of copper fillings and iron fillings?
The easiest way is with a magnet. It'll attract the iron and not the copper. If you're on a higher budget, the difference in the melting point could help.
How could you separate a mixture of iron fillings and sulfur powder?
Use a magnet to lift out the iron filings.
What does not affect how substances in a mixture separate?
Well, you have to be very specific about this question. Substances can separate in a compound mixture, such as chex mix, by pulling the stuff right out. Other stuff, maybe not.
What does heterogeneous mixture?
A heterogeneous mixture is made of different substances that remain physically separate.
How can a student separate iron fillings from sand and water?
To separate out the iron fillings, run a magnet over the mixture of iron fillings, sand and water. As iron is a magnetic material, it will stick to the magnet thus allowing you to take it out. Then, run the mixture over a filter funnel with filter paper. After the filtration, the filtrate would be water and the sand would be stuck on the filter paper.
When substances combine to form a compound what happens to the original properties of the substances?
When substances combine and retain their own properties, the result is a mixture.
