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describe the property of the substances in the water that is used to remove each substance from the water.

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Step-by-step explanation:

Think about the example of a mixture of salt water. The salt is a non-volatile ionic compound - this means it is very difficult to turn salt into a gas. It takes very high temps just to melt the salt.

The water is a volatile molecular compound which can be heated to the boiling point fairly easily. This leads to vaporization which turns the liquid water into steam.

So heating a solution of salt water allows you to separate the water from the salt.

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