Exercise

Physical separation methods

Queen Elizabeth School
Chemistry
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Name:_______________ Class:__________( ) Date:________________

1. Water and turpentine are immiscible. How would you separate a mixture of the (4 marks)
two?

2. Suggest a method that can be used

(a) to obtain salt from sea water; (1 mark)

(b) to separate different dyes in a sample of ink; (1 mark)

(c) to purify 200 cm3 of water contaminated with dissolved copper (II) (1 mark)
sulphate;

(d) to obtain oxygen from liquid air. (1 mark)

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Physical separation methods Chemistry

3. The following techniques are used to separate mixtures.

A. Evaporation
B. Filtration
C. Crystallization
D. Fractional distillation
E. Simple distillation
From this list, choose the most suitable technique to carry out each separation below.

(a) Water from copper (II) sulphate solution (1 mark)

(b) Copper (II) sulphate crystal from copper (II) sulphate solution (1 mark)

(c) Iron filings from a mixture of iron filings and water (1 mark)

(d) Propanone from a mixture of methanol and propanone (1 mark)

(Boiling point of methanol = 65℃; boiling point of propanone =56℃)

(e) Common salt from sea water (1 mark)

4. Describe how you would separate pure, dry copper (II) sulphate crystals (6 marks)
from a solid mixture of copper (II) sulphate solution and sand. (Hints:
How to obtain a concentrated copper (II) sulphate solution for
crystallization from the mixture?)
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5. The diagram below shows the apparatus which can be used to obtain pure
water from sea water.

(a) State the name of this process. (1 mark)

(b) Give the names of the pieces of apparatus shown. (5 marks)

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

(c) Explain how pure water is obtained from sea water in the process. (3 marks)