NAME: ________________________

SECTION:_______________________
SCORE:_________

ACTIVITY 1

TYPES OF MIITURES AND SEPARATION TECHNIQUES

OBJECTIVES:
a. Classify matter into elements, compounds, mixture
b. Differentiate solution, coarse suspension and colloids from one another.
c. To familiarize students with some methods of separating the components of a mixture

MATERIALS:

Fine sand
NaCl
Nails
Starch
Filter paper
Funnel
Stirring rod (stick)
Disposable glass (5)
Magnet
Flashlight
Colored pen

PROCEDURE

1. Prepare 3 small glasses containing 80 ml of water. Label the glass, A,B,C.

2. Add 1 teaspoon salt into glass A, fine sand into B and starch into C.
3. Stir and mix well. Allow to stand for a while, then observe.
4. Compare and describe the appearance of the mixture. In which mixture did you observe any
solid
particles?
Answer:

5. Pass a thin beam of light or laser beam through each mixture. What happen to the beam of
light?
Answer:

B. SEPARATION OF COMPONENTS OF A MIXTURE

1. About 1/4 teaspoon of fine sand, nails and NaCl, mix them in a pad of paper and scatter the
mixture thinly. Pass a bar magnet underneath the paper.
Observation:
2. Save the components separated by the magnet. Examine and identify this substance.
Answer:

3. Transfer the remaining components of the mixture into a small beaker and add 20 ml water.
Stir
well about 1 minute. Note what happens.
Answer:

4. Filter the mixture and collect the liquid that pass through the filter paper. What substances
are in
the filtrate?
Answer:

5. Examine the residue, collected on the filter paper. Identify this substance.
Answer:

OBSERVATION
A.
1. Comparison of properties of the mixtures in glass A, B and C.

2. Classify whether the mixture in each beaker is a solution, course suspension or a colloid.

B.

1. Indicate the physical appearance of each component of the mixture recovered in the
experiment.

Components Description
2. Identify the component separated by the magnet___________________
3. Identify the component collected on the filter paper_________________
4. Identify the components of the filtrate____________________________

QUESTIONS

1. What are the properties of each component that made the separation of nails, sand and
NaCl
mixture possible?

2. Identify the separation technique most appropriate to use to recover the components of each
of the
following mixtures.
a. Sand from iron filings
b. Sugar from sand
c. Alcohol from water
d. Sand from water

Generalization: