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    SEPARATING

    MIXTURES
    Separating

    ✘A property of mixtures is that they can be


    separated.

    ✘There are many different ways to separate


    mixtures, depending on whether the mixture is
    a solution, suspension, or a colloid.
    Separating Insoluble
    Substances
    Separating suspensions
    Decanting

    ✘Decanting is simply pouring the liquid out


    of a container, leaving the solid particles
    behind.
    Sieving

    ✘Sieving is using a barrier with holes in it to


    separate large particles from smaller particles.
    The bigger particles stay behind, and the
    smaller particles fall through the holes.
    ✘Fishing nets, colanders, and sifters are all
    sieves.

    When you use a strainer to drain the


    water from your 2-minute noodles
    you are sieving!
    Filtration

    ✘Filtration, or filtering, is another process of


    separating larger particles from smaller
    particles. A filter works much like a sieve, but
    with much smaller holes (often
    microscopic in size!).
    ✘Tea bags and dust masks are both
    filters.

    In the Science lab, we often use


    filter paper to separate mixtures.
    Magnetic Separation

    ✘Magnetic separation
    uses a magnet to pick up all
    the magnetic parts in a
    mixture, leaving the non-
    magnetic parts behind.

    ✘Magnetic separation is
    often used on mines, and in
    recycling plants.
    Centrifuging

    ✘A centrifuge is a machine that spins very,


    very quickly. By doing this, the particles are
    forced to the sides, and then bottom of the
    chamber.

    ✘Your washing machine is a


    centrifuge!
    When it spins very quickly
    the water separates from
    your clothes!
    Separating Soluble
    Mixtures
    Separating Solutions and Colloids
    Evaporation & Crystallisation

    ✘ When you need to separate a solute from a


    solvent in a solution, evaporation can be used
    to separate them.

    ✘Heating up the liquid (the solvent) in a


    solution causes it to evaporate into the
    atmosphere.

    ✘By removing the solvent, the solute is


    separated and left behind.
    Evaporation & Crystallisation

    ✘Salt manufacturers use evaporation to


    obtain the salt from sea water.

    Evaporation is also used


    in cooking to make sauces
    more flavoursome!
    Distillation

    Evaporation leaves the solute behind, but the


    solvent is lost to the atmosphere.

    ✘Distillation lets us keep the solvent as well


    as capturing the evaporated vapour and
    condensing it back into a liquid (but now
    without the solute in it!)
    Distillation

    ✘Distillation is an easy way to get fresh water


    from sea-water!
    The water evaporates, leaving the salt behind,
    and is then condensed as water again.
    Chromatography

    ✘Chromatography is used to separate


    different chemicals, specifically colouring
    agents (dyes or inks). A paper is dipped in
    solvent, and it moves up the paper, dissolving
    the colours and dragging them along.

    ✘The different colours dissolve


    better than others in a solvent,
    and will travel further up the paper.
    RECAP
    Your Turn

    ✘Have a go at separating out mixtures using


    this interactive.
    ✘Separating the Mixtures

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