Separation Techniques Grid Maisie Pryke
Separation Techniques Grid Maisie Pryke
Separation Techniques Grid Maisie Pryke
Evaporation
Used to separate a Once the mixture has been left to evaporate -separating water and
soluble solid from a some of the solvent, the mixture can be dry copper sulfate
solution. separated by crystallisation. As solution forms, crystals
the solvent can’t hold all the solute so it leaves
forming crystals.
Crystallisation
This is used for This works as when heating mixture the -separating salt from
separating a solvent evaporates and boils but the solute water
solvent from a doesn’t. Then this evaporated water gets
solution. cooled and due to condensation as it goes -separating sugar from
through a cold tube. It gets turned back into a water.
liquid.
Simple distillation
Fractional Some liquids mix together like ethanol and -separate ethanol from
distillation is used water and these are called miscible.These can water (alcohol has a
for separating two be separated by fractional distillation as the lower boiling point than
liquids that are liquid with the lowest boiling point will water so will evaporate
mixed together. evaporate first (and then follows the same and condense before
steps as simple distillation. The difference liquid separating them
between the two types of distillation is that out.)
fractional distillation has a long fractionating
column to allow liquids to be seperated that -separating different
have similar boiling points. chemicals from crude oil
Fractional
distillation
It can be used to It works by samples of mixtures are placed on -Separating inks
separate mixtures chromatography paper. The paper is then
of soluble lowered into a solvent and the liquid soaks up -separating dyes
substances. the paper, and goes up the paper. The liquid
also dissolves the ink in it and carrys the ink up
tha paper too.The most soluble substance in
the mixture will travel the furthest up the paper
but the least won’t go that far up.
Chromatography