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How will you separate oil and water from their mixture?


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Separating Funnel:

  • A separating Funnel can separate two immiscible liquids, oil and water.
  • Because oil and water are fully insoluble in one other, they split into two distinct layers.
  • The upper layer is made up of oil, whereas the lower layer is made up of water.
  • They are retained in the separating funnel for resting, and when two layers become stable using the separating funnel, they are filtered one by one.
  • The process works by using the uneven density of the particles in the mixture.
  • Because water is denser than oil, it may be separated and left in the funnel with an oil layer using the funnel.

Thus, this is how water is separated from the oil.


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