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What method could you use to seperate oil from water? Remember that the both must still remain, they just have to be seperated.

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1. You could drain off the oil as a supernatant, since oil is less dense than water.
2. You could attempt to evaporate the water since they have different boiling points (212 vs 572 F), and then condense it in a separate container using a distillation unit.
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