A student purchased common salt from the market which he finds out is contaminated with ammonium chloride. Identify the technique that he should adopt to obtain pure sodium chloride.
A
Filtration
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B
Hand picking
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C
Sublimation
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D
Sedimentation
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Solution
The correct option is C Sublimation Ammonium chloride can be separated from sodium chloride by sublimation. It is the process in which a solid substance directly converts to vapour upon heating, without going through the liquid state.
On heating the mixture, ammonium chloride will sublimate and its vapours can be collected in a separate flask while sodium chloride will not vapourise and can be separated easily.