Because it is made up of small, solid particles.
Salt will dissolve faster in liquids than sand. Salt is a solute that is able to break down and mix with the liquid, forming a homogeneous solution. Sand, on the other hand, is insoluble and will not dissolve in liquid.
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.
You can dissolve the sand and salt into the water. when this happens the salt will be dissolved and the sand will stay at the bottom. then get some filter paper and pour the mixture through it. the dissolved salt and water will go through leaving the sand. there you have the sand aside. to get the salt aside just boil the water until it evaporates completely and you will be left will your salt. then you have your sand and salt separated. by sifting it
Utah uses salt, sand, and liquid ice-melt on the roads during winter.
You can separate salt and sand from water by performing a simple filtration. First, pour the salt and sand mixture through a filter paper to trap the solid particles. Then, evaporate the water from the filtrate to recover the dissolved salt, leaving the sand behind.
mix the salt and sand into a glass of water. The sand would settle at the bottom of the glass, and the salt would dissolve into the water. pour off the salt water, wait for the water to evaporate, and you will be left with salt, and sand.
sand+salt=sand salt
by putting all of the substances on a sheet or plate and then using a magnet underneath to pull the iron fillings away. then for your table salt and white sand you just use small mesh and voila! all wrong ... 1st, use magnet to separate the iron filling from the mixture of sand with table salt 2nd add water to dissolve the salt from the mixture with the sand and filtrate the liquid sand has separated from mixture of salt 3rd place the the filtrate liquid to a burner with a evaporating dish, the water will be evaporate and the remaining residue would be the small crystal particles which is the salt.
Sugar/salt molecules bond with water. songjongsuk: what he means is that the sugar/salt molecules are PART of the water, which means they are technically liquid. So they can pass through the filter paper just like any other liquid.
Sand and salt can be separated using filter paper and a funnel because salt dissolves in water, while sand does not. When the mixture is added to water and stirred, the salt will dissolve, leaving the sand behind. By pouring the mixture through filter paper in a funnel, the sand is trapped on the paper while the salt solution passes through, allowing for the separation of the two components.
Filter the saline solution through a cloth to remove the sand grains. Distil the water from the saline solution, leaving the salt crystals behind. Condense the water vapour back into liquid water.
If you mean seperate: Use a bunsen burner, a tripod, and a beaker. Place the beaker onto the tripod which should be on top of the bunsen burner. Pour the salt/sand water into the beaker and turn the bunsen burner onto the safety flame. Then put the beaker on the tripod, and wait for the water to evaporate.