Separating Mixtures

Separating Mixtures

1. Why do we want to separate mixtures?

   • One example of this is extracting metal from ore in order to make tools and weapons.

2. Filtration

   • One common method of separation is filtration. Filters are used everywhere. The filtration process is generally used to separate a suspension mixture where small solid particles are suspended in liquid or air.

3. Distillation

   • common separation process Distillation uses boiling to separate mixtures of liquid solutions. It takes into account that different substances in the mixture will have different boiling points.

4. Centrifuge

   • In some cases, there are suspension mixtures where the solid particles are too fine to be separated with a filter. In these cases, sometimes a centrifuge is used. Centrifuges are mechanical devices that spin at very high speeds.

5. Oher process

   • There are many other separation processes such as sublimation, adsorption, crystallization, and chromatography. Sometimes is takes many stages of processes to get to the final result