Question

Give reasons for the following statement.

The constituents of a mixture can be separated using simple methods.

Answer 1

Separation method:

• The components of a mixture can be separated by physical methods.
• The separation of various components of a mixture is vital to remove undesirable and harmful substances.
• It is done to obtain useful substances and to get rid of undesirable and harmful substances.
• For example, the harmful impurities need to be separated from the substances before cooking the food.
• It is also done to obtain the pure sample of a substance for different purposes say making medicines and for various activities carried out in laboratories.
• Separating Mixture of Salt, Sand, and Grain by Sieving, Filtration, Evaporation.
• Separating Mixture of Iron Filings, Sand, and Iodine by Magnetic separation and Sublimation.