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Question
Suggest a suitable technique to separate the constituents of the following mixtures. Also give the reason for selecting the particular method.
Salt from sea water
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Solution
The technique used to separate the salt from seawater is Evaporation.
Reason – Because this method is used to separate the components of the homogeneous solid-liquid mixture. In this method, sea water is collected in a shallow bed and allowed to evaporate in the sun. When all the water is evaporated, salt is left behind. By this method, we only get solid and liquid is evaporated in its vapour form.
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