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Why can't a mixture of salt and sugar be separated the same way as salt and sand?
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∙ 10y ago
If you mix salt and water, the salt will dissolve into the water.
If you mix pebbles and water, the pebbles and water will stay being separate objects
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agoAlike:
- both mixtures
- sand and water is NOT a solution while the other is
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∙ 14y agoBecause sugar is soluble in a solute, i.e. water. However, sand is not soluble, therefore, it does not dissolve in the water :)
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∙ 12y agosugar disentagrates but sand is made of rock
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∙ 10y agoIt isn't really. Sugar dissolves in water so the result is a solution not a mixture.
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∙ 13y agothe sand becomes red
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∙ 10y agocause it cant k
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Can a mixture of powdered salt and sugar can be separated by winnowing?
NO
What can I do to separate sugar and salt?
Pour the mixture in alcohol. The sugar will dissolve and the salt can be separated, and then, pour water on the alcohol/sugar solution. Wait for the water/alcohol to evaporate, then the sugar will be left.
What kind of mixture gets separated by a filter?
water and sand there is dissolved sugar or salt with sand
Is white sugar a mixture or a substance?
Table sugar is a pure substance. It is made up of one type of molecule that cannot be separated into two or more components. Mixtures can be separated. For example, a mixture of water and sand can be separated into two components. Other examples of pure substances are diamonds, and table salt.
Is salt water a compound or a mixture and why?
salt water is not considered a compound as the salt and water are not present in a fixed ratio. Thus it is called a mixture.
How do you separate a mixture of glass salt and sugar?
The mixture of sugar-salt solution can be separated by evaporation. If the water is completely evaporated we will get separated sugar from the mixture. If we dissolve the mixture in alcohol we will get the salt separated while sugar will be dissolved in alcohol. After that, the solution is further filtered and salt will be the residue of the solution.
Can a mixture of powdered salt and sugar can be separated by winnowing?
NO
Can water be used to separate salt from sugar why or why not?
A mixture of salt and sugar can be separated by using an organic solvent to dissolve the sugar. When the sugar is dissolved, it can be separated by filtering the salt from the liquid sugar,then recrystallise both solutions to from back their original crystals.
Can water be used to separate salt from sugare why or why not?
A mixture of salt and sugar can be separated by using an organic solvent to dissolve the sugar. When the sugar is dissolved, it can be separated by filtering the salt from the liquid sugar,then recrystallise both solutions to from back their original crystals.
How do you separate a mixture of salt and sugar?
sugar can dissolve in alcohol but salt cant dissolve in alcohol.we add the mixture in alcohol and filtrater it and get sugar alcohol solution one side and salt left other side
What can I do to separate sugar and salt?
Pour the mixture in alcohol. The sugar will dissolve and the salt can be separated, and then, pour water on the alcohol/sugar solution. Wait for the water/alcohol to evaporate, then the sugar will be left.
What kind of mixture gets separated by a filter?
water and sand there is dissolved sugar or salt with sand
Is white sugar a mixture or a substance?
Table sugar is a pure substance. It is made up of one type of molecule that cannot be separated into two or more components. Mixtures can be separated. For example, a mixture of water and sand can be separated into two components. Other examples of pure substances are diamonds, and table salt.
What mixture are separated by evaporation?
The mixture of salt and water.
How do you separate mixture table salt?
Table salt is NOT a mixture but a pure compound. It can not be separated.
What would you do to form a heterogeneous mixture of sugar and salt crystals?
The mixture of salt and sugar crystals is heterogeneous.
How sugar and salt separated?
by nothing
