Separating Mixtures

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Decantation

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a process that involves pouring off a liquid from a solid that is usually heavy and at the bottom of the vessel

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Centrifugation

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a process used to separate a solid from a liquid if the solid is very fine and will block holes in filter paper. uses a centrifuge.

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Evaporation

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a process used to separate a solid from a solution, providing the solid does not decompose on heating

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Simple Distillation

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a process used to separate a solute from a solvent in a solution, depends on the difference in boiling points of the components in the mixture

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Fractional Distillation

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a process used to separate two miscible liquids, both evaporate before they reach their boiling points, depends on difference in boling points

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Separating funnel

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used to separate two immiscible liquids

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Chromatography

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a process used to separate coloured substances present in a solution

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Sublimation

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a process used to separate a solid which sublimes from one or more solids that do not sublime

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Magnetism

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a process used to separate a magnetic solid from a mixture of solids