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प्रश्न
Suggest a suitable technique to separate the constituents of the following mixtures. Also give the reason for selecting the particular method.
Sodium chloride and potassium nitrate
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उत्तर
Technique used is Fractional-crystallisation.
Because: This method is used when solubility of solid components of mixture and different in the same solvent. Here, sodium chloride and potassium nitrate. Both are soluble in water but solubility of potassium nitrate is more.
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