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Name: Ridhi Parwani
Title: Separating techniques/ Separating a sand and salt mixture.

Aim: To separate salt from a sand and salt mixture.

Material/Apparatus:
1. 250 cm³
2. Filter funnel and paper
3. Evaporating dish
4. Tripod
5. Bunsen burner
6. Gauze
7. Glass rod for stirring
8. Measuring cylinder

Procedure:
1. About 5g of the mixture with 50 cm³ of water in a 250 cm³ beaker was added.
2. Gently stirred.
3. The mixture was filtered into a conical flask and the filtrate was poured into an
evaporating basin.
4. The salt solution was gently heated until it started to ‘spit’.
5. The Bunsen burner was then turned off and the damp salt dried.

Drawing:

Observations/Results: When this experiment was in process, it was observed that

the salt which was dissolved with water, passed through the filter paper; leaving
the residue as sand. When the salt solution was on the Bunsen burner, the water
was slowly evaporating; it took 22 minutes and 2 seconds to be exact, to fully

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evaporate. The residue, in this case known as salt, was on the edges of the
evaporating basin and was a soft, chalky texture.

Analysis: In this case, salt is the only substance soluble in water. Solubility is a
physical property because the soluble substances can return to their original forms
and are not chemically changed. For example to dissolve salt into water and then
boil the water completely, it would be left with the original salt as experimented.
Filtration was used to separate the sand and salt mixture because the salt dissolved
in the water and filtered. The solution of sand and salt mixture is a heterogeneous
solution. Residue is the substance left back in the filter paper, while the solvent
has filtered. Filtrate is the solvent of the solution that has passed through the filter
paper. The process of getting the salt from the salt mixture is to evaporate the
water, leaving the salt because salt cannot be evaporated.

Conclusion: It can be concluded that salt can dissolve in water, whereas sand
cannot. The purpose of the lab is to become familiar with the methods of
separating substances from one another using dissolution, filtration and
evaporation techniques.

Limitations/Precaution/sources of error: Separation methods are difficult

because there is a lot of room for error and it is hard to get your results down to the
exact gram. For example, there could be drops of water left on a beaker when
trying to pour all the liquid into a separate container. This would later affect the
mass.

Reflection: While doing this project, I learned that you cannot see the salt
dissolving in water because salt conceals in sand and it is difficult to differentiate.
This experiment actually helps because if I go to a camp where the water is not
pure, I can use the knowledge learnt.

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