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    This document discusses the process of decantation. Decantation involves carefully pouring a solution from its container in order to separate the liquid layer from any sediments or precipitates. It is used when particles are too fine to be filtered. The key steps are allowing the mixture to settle so the solids fall to the bottom, then slowly pouring off the cleaner upper liquid layer. Decantation is quicker than filtration but not as effective for mixtures with light solids that do not readily settle. Examples given include separating mud from water or oil from water.

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    This document discusses the process of decantation. Decantation involves carefully pouring a solution from its container in order to separate the liquid layer from any sediments or precipitates. It is used when particles are too fine to be filtered. The key steps are allowing the mixture to settle so the solids fall to the bottom, then slowly pouring off the cleaner upper liquid layer. Decantation is quicker than filtration but not as effective for mixtures with light solids that do not readily settle. Examples given include separating mud from water or oil from water.

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    This document discusses the process of decantation. Decantation involves carefully pouring a solution from its container in order to separate the liquid layer from any sediments or precipitates. It is used when particles are too fine to be filtered. The key steps are allowing the mixture to settle so the solids fall to the bottom, then slowly pouring off the cleaner upper liquid layer. Decantation is quicker than filtration but not as effective for mixtures with light solids that do not readily settle. Examples given include separating mud from water or oil from water.

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    This document discusses the process of decantation. Decantation involves carefully pouring a solution from its container in order to separate the liquid layer from any sediments or precipitates. It is used when particles are too fine to be filtered. The key steps are allowing the mixture to settle so the solids fall to the bottom, then slowly pouring off the cleaner upper liquid layer. Decantation is quicker than filtration but not as effective for mixtures with light solids that do not readily settle. Examples given include separating mud from water or oil from water.

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    DECANTATION

    Group 7

    WHAT IS
    DECANTATION?

    DECANTATION IS
    A process for the separation of mixtures, carefully
    pouring a solution from a container in order to leave
    the precipitate (sediments) in the bottom of the
    original container. Usually a small amount of solution
    must be left in the container, and care must be taken
    to prevent a small amount of precipitate from
    flowing with the solution out of the container. In
    other words, Decantation is a process by which a
    liquid layer can be separated from the sediments.

    DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FILTRATION


    AND DECANTATION
    Filtration is the direct separation of the entire
    solution through a filter, where the solid is
    trapped on the filter and the liquid passes
    through.
    Decantation is pouring the liquid away from a
    precipitated solid, keeping the solid in the
    original container.

    SET
    UP
    TOOL
    S

    BEAKER (2)
    *for separation of the sediments from
    the liquid.

    STIRRING ROD

    SET UP
    STEPS

    STEPS
    O1. Mixture in the container is allowed to
    stand for sometime.
    O2. The solid particles will settle down in
    time.
    O3. The upper layer of the liquid gets
    cleaner.
    O4. Separate the coarse particles of a solid
    from a liquid by pouring the liquid to a new
    container by the process of decantation.

    WHEN IS IT
    USED? is used
    Decantation
    when one is separating
    parts of a mixture from
    another and when the
    particles or sediments
    are too fine to be
    filtered from a liquid.

    PRINCIPLE
    S

    PRINCIPLES
    1) Decantation is the "pouring off" of a liquid
    from a solid/liquid mixture. The mixture is
    allowed to settle, and the liquid is removed
    while preventing the solid from escaping.
    2) Decanting is an effective method because it
    is simply pouring off the excess liquid from a
    product.

    ADVANTAGE
    S

    AND

    Disadvantages

    ADVANTAGES
    a) Decantation is a quick method.
    b) It allows sediment to settle to the bottom
    of a container over a period of time. It
    cleans portions of a liquid from above the
    sediment in a container.

    DISADVANTAGES
    a) It cannot be used to separate a
    mixture of a liquid and a light sold, such
    as chalk in water. The particles of chalk
    are suspended in the water. They are so
    light that they do not sink down to the
    bottom for a long time.
    b) You wont recover all of the solution.

    EXAMPLES
    O1. Mud particles in water.
    O2. Grease from the top of
    soup.
    O3. Liquid from the mustard
    O4. Brownish liquid from the
    tea bags pour in hot water.

    O5. Red wine, where the


    wine is decanted from the
    potassium bitartrate
    crystals.
    O6. separating the oil from
    water after getting them as
    a mixed liquid out of olives
    in order to extract olive oil.

    Sources:
    Decantation: Advantages and disadvantages. (n.d.). Retrieved
    September 2, 2009 from
    http://library.thinkquest.org/11430/research/decantation.htm
    Decantation. (2009). Retrieved September 2, 2009 from
    http://www.chemeurope.com/lexikon/e/Decantation/
    Decantation. (2009). Retrieved September 1, 2009 from
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decantation
    Mixtures: Sedimentation or decantation. (n.d.). Retrieved
    September 2, 2009 from
    http://www.tutorvista.com/content/chemistry/chemistryiii/chemistry-concepts/mixtures.php

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