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Q: Why the sand you have obtained might still be contaminated with sand?
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Is there iron in sand?

if its red sand there might be a bit


When sand and salt is added to water the salt dissloves and the sand sinks to the bottom what process could you use to recover both the sand and the salt?

1. Filtering the liquid sand remain on the filter. 2. The solution containing salt pass the filter; after the evaporation of water crystallized NaCl is obtained.


What kind of chemical relation is wet sand?

In general, water and sand do not have a chemical relationship. Something might happen if the sand grains are partially composed of a mineral that is water soluble. In that case, water will dissolve water soluble material in sand. But that is a physicalactivity and not a chemical one. Water and sand do not react chemically.


How might you separate a mixture of a salt and fine sand?

Salt dissolves in water, sand does not. Mix water with the solids, pour off the water, and sand is left behind, Evaporate the water by boiling it, and the salt will be left.


What is the fineness modulus of sand?

The Fineness Modulus (FM) is an index number which is roughly proportional to the average size of the particles in an aggregate sample. It is obtained by adding the cumulative percentages coarser than each of the standard sieves used for segregating sand and dividing the cumulative percentage by 100.

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Which type of aquifer is best purifying groundwater that is contaminated with harmful sewage bacteria?

sand


Will sand from beach work in aquariams?

Probably not a good idea because the sand would likely be contaminated with salt and various other minerals and foreign substances from the beach.


Is there iron in sand?

if its red sand there might be a bit


Is it harmful to eat sand?

Of course it is! It may cause indigestion and also if the sand was contaminated with virus or bacteria you may end up with dysentry or any other kind of infections...


How do you separate salt sand stones and it conclusion?

salt is soluble in water. Hence, it gets dissolved. But sand does not dissolve. sand is filtered out and salt is obtained by evaporating the remaining part of mixture.


Dose Gaara still have his gourd of sand after shakaku is taken from him?

Yes he still has the gourd of sand.


If you have replaced the laterals in your filter and still getting sand blow in when you vacuum it?

Perhaps you have used the wrong sand or it is still blowing old sand out of the pipes.


Do you get salt from sand?

No, salt is obtained by evaporating seawater or by mining rocks formed by the evaporation of seawater.


What is the word obtained after unscrambling the word iiolnsc?

The anagram is "silicon" (an element found in sand and quartz).


What song has this lyrics i still have sand in my shoes it reminds me of you?

The song is by Dido and its called "Sand in my shoes" And the line you are thinking about is "I've still got sand in my shoes and I can't shake the thought of you"


What problem might you have living on a beach?

your umbrella might blow away you might get sand on your towel other tourists might put their lunch cooler too close to yours your sand castle might get ruined when the tide is up


Can sand and clay roll into a ball?

Yes if the sand is on the clay it can roll even if the sand was not on the clay.The clay can still roll.