Separation Methods for Mixtures Flashcards
What is Filtration?
The separation of solids from liquids by passing the mixture through a filter, which is a porous barrier.
What is a quicker way of doing Filtration?
Using a vacuum to suck the liquid through.
What is Distillation?
The separation of a mixture based on differences in boiling points. The liquids are miscible (dissolve) in one another.
What is Chromatography?
The separation of a mixture based on their interactions with a mobile phase and a stationary phase.
What is Chromatography?
The separation of a mixture based on their interactions with a mobile phase and a stationary phase. Mobile phase is usually a liquid or gas. Stationary phase is a/an solid.
What is the name of the material you collect during/after Distillation?
The Distillate.
What is the name of the material you collect during/after Filtration?
The Filtrate.
