Seperation of mixtures

Question 1

A solid/solid mixture

Answer 1

An example is soil, soil is a mixture of different solid particles

Question 2

A solid/liquid mixture

Answer 2

An example is clay stirred with water as clay and water create a suspension.

Question 3

a liquid/liquid mixture

Answer 3

An example is milk as it is a mixture of tiny droplets and fatty oil in water. This kind of a mixture is called an emulsion.

Question 3

Solid/gas mixture

Answer 3

An example is smoke rising in hot air from a bonfire as it contains particles of soot and ash.

Question 4

A gas/gas mixture

Answer 4

The most common mixture of gas is air.

Question 5

A liquid/gas mixture

Answer 5

An example is when water vapour condenses above the cool surface of a lake when the tiny droplets cause a mist or fog.

Question 6

A gas/liquid mixture

Answer 6

An example is when bubbles of a gas are trapped in a liquid they create foam.

Question 7

How do you separate solid/solid particles?

Answer 7

You can use a sieve.

Question 8

To separate an insoluble solid/liquid mixture

Answer 8

You can use decanting, filtration, fast filter, centrifuge

Question 9

To separate a solute from a solute/solvent mixture

Answer 9

Evaporation, crystallisation, distillation with a Liebig condenser.

Question 10

To separate two miscible liquids

Answer 10

Fractional distillation