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Matter Around Us - STD 9
Matter Around Us - STD 9
3. A few drops of ‘Dettol when added to water the mixture turns turbid’. Why?
Answer in brie y:
4. How will you separate a mixture containing sawdust, naphthalene and iron
lings?
The iron lings in the mixture can be separated by Magnetic separation and
Naphthalene by sublimation. Sawdust will be remaining at the bottom.
• Components are uniformly mixed and • Components are not uniformly mixed
it will have a single phase, and it will have more than a single
Eg: Alloys, salt solution, lemonade, phase. They are called suspensions.
petrol etc. Eg: chalk in water, petrol in water,
• No boundaries of separation between sand in water, etc.
the components. Has a single phase. • There are visible boundaries between
• Components are not visible to the the components. Have two or more
naked eye. distinct phases.
• They will be in solid, liquid or in the • Components are visible to the naked
gaseous phase. eye.
• Can be a solid-liquid or solid-gas or
liquid-gas or solid-solid, or liquid-liquid
mixtures.
Answer in detail:
3. How is a mixture of common salt, oil, and water separated? You can use a
combination of different methods.
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