Separation of mixtures exercises

Substance "X", "Y", "Z", "W" and sugar were mixed in water. The properties of each substance are listed below. Outline a method of separating all the substances from the mixture by filling in the table below. Select the appropriate response from the drop down menu.

Substance
Solubility in water
State at room temperature
Boiling temperature
Sugar
Soluble
Solid
>110oC
"X"
Soluble
Liquid
86oC
"Y"
Soluble
Liquid
68oC
"Z"
Insoluble
Solid
>800oC
"W"
Insoluble
Solid
86oC
Step
Procedure
1
Use to separate out substance and from the mixture of liquids.
2
Heat the substances recovered in step 1) at a temperature just above 86oC. Substance should and when cooled should back into the liquid state.
3

Use the process of at a temperature of to separate substance from the rest of the mixture.

4
Using the same process as in step 3) adjust the temperature to to separate substance from the rest of the mixture.
5
Using the same process as in step 3) adjust the temperature to to separate the water from substance .

 

Substances "X", "Y", "Z", "W" and salt were mixed in with water. The properties of these substances are given in the table below. Describe how you would recover pure samples of all of the substances listed above.

Substance
Solubility in water
State at room temperature
Boiling temperature
Salt
Soluble
Solid
>700oC
"X"
Soluble
Liquid
56oC
"Y"
Soluble
Liquid
88oC
"Z"
Insoluble
Solid
>800oC
"W"
Insoluble
Solid
70oC
Liebig condenser Distilling flask Collecting flask Heat source Water outlet Water inlet