How will you separate a mixture of mercury, oil and water?

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Mercury, oil and water are three liquids immiscible with each other and have different densities. Oil has the least density while mercury has the maximum density. A mixture of the three liquids will have oil as topmost layer followed by water and then mercury. These can be separated by using a separating funnel.

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