Separating Mixtures

Question	Answer
Filtration can be used to separate a solid from a liquid	Crystallisation separates solids that have dissolved (solutes) in a liquid (solvent).
Distillation separates two liquids from each other. Stages of Distillation heating → evaporating → cooling → condensing	Distillation only works if the substances mixed together have different boiling points
It only works if the substances mixed together have different boiling points Fractional Distillation is where a mixture of multiple liquids can be separated from each other.	Fractional Distillation only works if the substances mixed together have different boiling points
Chromatography is used to separate mixtures of different colours (like pen inks or food colouring)

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	Created by Liam Grant about 6 years ago