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leave the mixture for a few days or just ask your chemistry teacher...

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Distillation : you heat the mud until the water evaporates, then cool the water vapor to recover the water.

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just get the mud from the water then youll see the answer for ur question

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Is mud a solution?

If the mud stays dissolved, yes. Some mud can be "suspended" in the water (as a mixture) and can be filtered out. The clear brown color of muddy water is caused by dissolved minerals from the mud.


What happens when you mix mud and sand together?

The result is called a lahar, a heavy, viscous mudslide that can create even more damage than a simple flood of water. Originally containing water condensed from lava, and meltwater from any existing glaciers on a volcano, a lahar can flow through existing lakes and rivers, scouring their shores and channels and carrying debris from the trees, buildings, and bridges destroyed in its path.


Is mud homogeneous or hetergeneous?

Mud would be a homogeneous mixture it was made of consistently sized particles of dirt mixed with water. However, most mud contains rocks and other matter too that would make most mud considered a heterogeneous solution.


Demonstrate how to would separate salt from a muddy water?

Muddy water and salt solution contains, quite obviously, water, salt and mud. Due to the fact that the salt molecule is polar, it dissolves in water. [Note: The higher the temperature of the water, the more salt can be dissolved in it]. So we essentially have salt dissolved in water and mud suspended (and/or floating/sinking) in a beaker. Stir up the solution to make the mud/water mix homogenous (also for complete separation). Pour the mix through a filter+funnel set up. Notice how the water flows straight through, but the mud is retained in the fileter paper. Now you have a salt water solution. Heat the mixture until the water is boiling. This causes the water molecule to evapourate, thus leaving the salt behind.


How does mud turn into a fossil?

To become a rock, mud must first undergo the process of lithification. This would involve the subsequent covering of the mud with additional sediments. If the weight of those sediments becomes great enough, the pressure will squeeze out the air and water from between the small clay and silt particles that the mud is composed of. Eventually, minerals will precipitate out of the remaining water, crystallizing to form a cement that holds the clay and silt particles together as a new sedimentary rock.