Question

Which methods will you use to separate the following mixtures?

a. water and sugar
b. sand and water
c. sand and salt

Answer 1

(a) By evaporation of water

(b) By filtration method

(c) By filtration and evaporation

Steps:
1. First, dissolve salt and sand in a beaker.
2. Salt will dissolve in water and sand will settle down.
3. After that filter, the solution and sand will be removed.
4. Then boil the water, boil it till water converts to vapours.
5. In the end, only pure salt crystals will be left in the solution.