Question

How can a true solution be separated by physical means

Answer 1

The components of a true solution (the solute and the solvent), cannot be separated by filtration or by any physical methods.This is because both solute particles and the solvent molecules are very small as compared to the pores in the filter paper.

Only hetro genous mixtures can seperated by physical methods. true Solution is a homogenous mixture.

But a true solution can be seperated using Distillation.When distilling, you heat up the solution so that the component with the lowest boiling point evaporates first, leaving the other solutes behind.