Question

Mention the method of separation which you will use to separate the components from the following mixtures?

a) Different coloured pigment from the petals of flowers
b) Sodium Chloride from its solution in water
c) Small pieces of metals from teh engine oil
d) Acetone from water

Answer 1

A) Use paper chromatography to separate pigments

B) Use distillation (a condenser by boiling off the water and getting the NaCl)

C) Use filtration by using filter paper

D) Use fractional distillaton with fractionating beads to boil both liquids with an electric heater and thermometer to control the boiling points of both liquids