Lesson 3.

04 – Separating techniques – Filtration/evaporation

Title: Filtration and evaporation

Aim: To get salt and sand from sea water.

Apparatus/Materials:

• Filter paper • Filter paper

• Sand • Beaker
• Salt/cobalt chloride crystals • Bunsen burner
• Water • Stirring rod
• Conical flask • Evaporating basin
• Filter funnel

Method:

1. Mix some sand and coarse salt/cobalt chloride with water and put it on the Bunsen burner.
2. Mix well until the salt is completely dissolved.
3. Filter the mixture through a filter funnel.
4. Put some of the mixture in an evaporating basin
5. Place the evaporation dish on a bunsen burner and heat it.
6. Wait for the water to evaporate and observe what is left behind.

Diagram
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Filtration Diagram Evaporation Diagram

Discussion and Conclusion:

1. What was left in the solution when you filtered it?

2. Between the Salt and the water, which is the solute and which is the solvent. Explain.
3. Which is the residue and which is the filtrate?
4. What happened to the water in the evaportaing basin? Where did it go?
5. What was the substance left behind in the evaporation dish?
6. What process can you use to get the evaporated water back?