Question

Explain the technique used to separate the following mixtures:

• Sugar from water
• Stone and rice

Answer 1

• Evaporation technique is used to separate the mixture of Sugar from water, in which a water absorbs heat and gets converted to water vapour, leaving behind the sugar.
• Handpicking technique is used to separate the mixture of stone and rice, the separation method in which components of a mixture can be separated by just picking them out by hands.