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Question 1

What is chromatography/what is it used for?

Answer 1

This is used to seperate mixtures of colourful compounds such as ink.

Question 2

What is simple distillation?

Answer 2

This can separate a liquid from a dissolved solid.you can also use this to get pure water from salty water or pure water from inky water.

Question 3

What is separating funnel for?

Answer 3

It can be used to seperate two liquids which do not mix(miscible) like water and oil from 2 distinct layers.

Question 4

What is fraction distillation?

Answer 4

This can seperate liquids such alcohol (ethanol) and water. You can seperate them because of the difference in boiling points-they are immiscible.