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Sublimation cannot be used to separate a mixture of salt and sand.Give reason.​

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Sublimation is the transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas phase, without passing through the intermediate liquid phase. Explanation: sand and salt can not be separated through the method of sublimation because none of the two can show sublimation(even when heated).

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because salt cannot be changed into gas by heating.

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