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You are given a mixture of sand, salt, and iron fillings. Suggest some methods for separating all thhe components of this mixture?

You are given a mixture of sand, salt, and iron fillings. Suggest some methods for separating all thhe components of this mixture?
 

Grade:6

4 Answers

Ayush Anand
126 Points
5 years ago
FIrstly, bring a magnet near the mixture. As iron being a metal , iron fillings will be attracted towards magnet and they will get seperated.
Secondly, mix the rest of solution in water and let it settle for some time. Sand being insoluble, will settle down and can be seperated by sedimentation and decantation. or through passing through filter paper.
Thirdly, Evaporate this solution left (that is of water and salt) , water will evaporate and sand will be left in the beaker.
thus you can seprate them by bringing magnet, then passing through filter paper, and lastly evaporation.
Yuvraj Singh
42 Points
5 years ago
Iron could be separated through magnetic separation process..
Sand could be separated through filteration or sedimentation and decantation.
Salt could be separated through evaporation process. 
Ludicrous Lunatic
53 Points
5 years ago
Iron is a magnetic material so it can be separated using magnetic separation. Next fill it with water and use filtration. At last separate salt using evaporation.
Scholr Boy
87 Points
5 years ago
 
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Iron could be separated through magnetic separation process..
Sand could be separated through filteration or sedimentation and decantation.
Salt could be separated through evaporation process. 

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