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Separation Techniques Worksheet

Name: __________________________ Date: _____________


Class: _________

True/False Questions

1. Think carefully about the following statements. Are they true or false?
Circle your answer.

a. In filtration, the filtrate is always a pure liquid. True/False


b. Drinking water can only be obtained from seawater by distillation. True/False
c. The fractional distillation of miscible liquids is only possible if the liquids True/False
have different boiling points.
d. Paper chromatography is a physcial method for separating mixtures. True/False
e. Mixtures have fixed melting and boiling points. True/False

2. Name the techniques which are suitable for separating the following mixture:

Situation Separation Technique


a. To obtain drinking water from muddy water
b. To separate petrol from crude oil
c. To remove leaves from a swimming pool
d. To obtain pure sugar from a solution
e. To determine whether the colouring in a fruit juice is a
single sunstance or a mixture of coloured substance

3. You are asked to separate sand and sodium chloride.


Name the methods needed to carry out the procedure. Explain how you would carry out the procedure to
obtain pure sand and sodium chloride back.

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4. The following diagram shows a set up of simple distillation.

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(a) (i) Identify substance P.
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(ii) What is the objective of substance P?


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(b) Identify the distillate collected in the receiver.


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(c) Suggest how you would determine that the distillate collected is a pure substance.
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(d) Label the water in and water out on the diagram.

(e) State one possible mistake in the set up and explain the significance of the mistake.
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