SEPARATING

METHODS-1
STARTER
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
• TO UNDERSTAND AND EXPALIN HOW THE SUBSTANCES/ MIXTURES ARE SEPARATED.

• HOW THE SOLUTION IS FORMED

Keywords CCL: ENGLISH

• SOLUTE MATH
• SOLVENT
• SOLUTION
• MIXTURE
• PURE & IMPURE
Separating Mixtures

ENLIST ON WHAT BASES

SEPARATION CAN TAKE PLACE
Separating Techniques
 Mix things up
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• Get a mortar and pestle

• Put two spatulas of Sulphur granules in it and grind them up
• Now add two spatulas of Iron to the Sulphur
• Use the spatula to mix it all together

You have made a mixture – can we separate it? How?

 Separating a mixture
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Put a magnet in a plastic bag and hold it over the
mixture

See how the Iron gets attracted to the magnet

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Why does the sulphur not stick to the magnet?

 Separating other mixtures
 Rice and pasta shapes
 Paperclips and sawdust
 Flour and rice
 Sand and water
 Oil and water
 Definition of a mixture!
A mixture is made up of 2 or more
different atoms. They are not
chemically joined and so can be easily
separated.
E.g. iron and sulphur

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Watch the video
• https://youtu.be/XC1RxloV0Mo?si=Q8Vlqv-WljGc4Gtf

• Summarize the video and write down the keypoints

 IDENTIFY
WHICH IS
SOLUTION
AND WHICH
IS MIXTURE
 Check your Learning!
 How could I separate a mixture of
salt and sand and Water.

 (Hint: you may need more than one

process)
Thinking Practically…
How would you separate the following mixtures of sand , salt and water?

1. Describe technique for separation

2. Describe why you chose this technique
RESEACH TASK

• WHY DOES NAIL VARNISH NOT COME OFF IN WATER , BUT REMOVED
BY OTHER CHEMICALS?

• Water based paints is made by dissolving a pigment in water. Can you

identify the solute, solvent in this example
 QUESTIONS:

EASY: Define and Identify the solute, solvents and solutions

Name any examples)

CHALLENGE:How would you get pure salt from sea water?

Describe the process in a formal method and give an
apparatus list.

PRETTY HARD: How would you be able to tell if a substance is

pure or not by heating it up? Explain what happens to the
bonds between particles of sugar when it is dissolved in water
 Home task for those quick workers!

How does UAE use saline water from the sea to make it useable
Quizz time
• https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/58ee3f68cb0cb81a6999bce4
Plenary: https://wordwall.net/resource/15204994/solvent-solute-
and-solutions-matchup
WHAT HELPS IN DISSOLVING?
Remember
Solution - the mixture formed when a substance dissolves in it
Solute - the substance that dissolves
Solvent - the liquid in the solution

Dissolve - mixing of a substance in a liquid

Soluble - a substance which can dissolve (mix in a liquid)
Insoluble - a substance which cannot dissolve (mix in a liquid)