Separation of matter - class-X
Methods for separating mixtures including evaporation, sublimation, filtration, distillation, centrifugation, and decantation
Questions
If the constituents of a solid-liquid mixture have different masses, then we can separate them using:
- sublimation
- centrifugation
- winnowing
- evaporation
State a method to separate a solid-liquid mixture containing a soluble solid in the liquid components.
- Fraction distillation
- Filtration
- Sedimentation
- Distillation
Which method is used to separate salt from the salt water?
- Filtration
- Distillation
- Evaporation
- Sedimentation
Select the methods to separate a solid-liquid mixture containing an insoluble solid in the liquid components.
- Sedimentation
- Filtration
- Distillation
- Fractional distillation
Which of the following can be used for Solid-Solid mixture separation?
- Mechanical separation
- Magnetic separation
- Gravity separation
- All of above
Water is said to be permanently hard when it contains:
- chloride and sulphates of Mg and Ca
- bicarbonate of Na and K
- carbonate of Na and K
- none of these
Which technique is used to separate sand from a mixture of sand and water?
- Decantation
- Evaporation
- Distillation
- Fractional distillation
_____ is a method of separating suspended particles of a substance from liquid.
- Chromatography
- Centrifugation
- Distillation
- Magnetic separation
When an organic compound is present in an aqueous medium and is less soluble in any organic solvent then it is separated by?
- Continuous extraction
- Distillation
- Chromatography
- Sublimation
Which of the substance is purified by sublimation?
- Naphthalene
- Benzoic acid
- Camphor
- All of these
Sublimation cannot be used for purification of:
- urea
- camphor
- benzoic acid
- napthalene
The process by which a solid changes directly into gas is called:
- decantation
- sublimation
- condensation
- sedimentation
Choose the substance that shows sublimation:
- Naphthalene
- Toluene
- Kerosene
- Water
How will you obtain common salt from sea water?
- Filtration
- Evaporation
- Sedimentation
- Handpicking
To separate ammonium chloride from common salt, we use:
- filtration
- sedimentation
- sieving
- sublimation
Evaporation is used to seperate:
- salt from water
- pepper and sand
- sand and water
- camphor and $NaCl$
Copper sulphate dissolved in water can be recovered as solid by:
- Evaporation
- Filtration
- Centrifugation
- All of above
The process of _________ is used to separate the component from a solid-solid mixture which _________ on heating and the other component being non-volatile.
- sublimation, soluble
- sublimation, sublimes
- chromatography, soluble
- centrifugation, sublimes
Camphor can be separated using :
- distillation
- sublimation
- fractional distillation
- centrifugation
The salt can be easily obtained from the salty water by the process of
- Evaporation
- Chromatography
- Crystallization
- Both a and b
Sublimation is a technique that helps chemists to:
- break
- purify
- melt
- freeze
Sublimation requires additional energy and is an:
- endothermic change
- exothermic change
- both a and b
- none of above
Solid which undergoes sublimation is :
- argon
- iodine
- sodium chloride
- water
Statement I: Evaporation is an endothermic process.
Statement II: Heat is absorbed as a substance cools.
- Both Statement I and Statement II are correct and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I.
- Both Statement I and Statement II are correct, but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I.
- Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
- Statement I is incorrect, but Statement II is correct.
A mixture of glucose water can be separated by the method of evaporation.
- True
- False
- Either
- Neither
Sublimation is the process of separating a liquid from its solution by evaporating it and then condensing its vapour.
- True
- False
The rate of evaporation increase with increasing:
- surface area
- temperasture
- humidity
- wind speed
Sublimation cannot be used for purification of
- Urea
- Camphor
- Benzoic acid
- Naphthalene
Naphthalene is a volatile solid. It is best purified by:
- Crystallisation
- Distillation
- Steam distillation
- Sublimation
Sublimation is a process in which a solid.
- Changes into another allotropic form
- Changes into liquid form
- Changes into vapour form
- None of the above
Anthracene is purified by?
- Filtration
- Distillation
- Crystallisation
- Sublimation
A mixture of water and NaCl can be separated by?
- Sublimation
- Evaporation
- Decantation
- Filtration
Name a technique used to separate : Carbon and sulphur
- sublimation
- filtration
- distillation
- magnetic
Name a technique used to separate : Iodine and alcohol
- filtration
- distillation
- evaporation
- sublimation
Ammonium chloride is separated from a mixture of sodium chloride and ammonium chloride by the process of _____________.
- Crystallization
- Filtration
- Sublimation
- All of these
The process by which a mixture of sodium chloride and ammonium chloride can be separated, is called :
- sublimation
- chromatography
- evaporation
- distillation
The ingredients from a mixture of iodine and sand can be separated by:
- Filteration
- Sublimation
- Crystallisation
- Precipitation
Which of the following process is used for preparation of common salt from sea water?
- Distillation
- Evaporation
- Filtration
- Sublimation
A mixture of sand and iodine can be separated by:
- distillation.
- fractionalization.
- sublimation.
- filtration.
When a mixture of common salt and ammonium chloride is heated, white fumes are liberated which change into a white deposit when cooked. What is this substance?
- Ammonium chloride
- Common salt (sodium chloride)
- A mixture of ammonium chloride and common salt
- Ammonium sulphate
Mixture of sand and camphor is purified by:
- seperating funnel
- distillation
- cooling
- sublimation
Which of the following when mixed with sand sublimes on heating?
- Benzoic Acid
- Sodium chloride
- Potassium chloride
- Phenol
Camphor is seperated from NaCl by the method :
- Sublimation
- Distillation
- Sedimentation
- Evaporation
The process used for the seperation of those solids which sublime on heating from non volatile solids is :
- Evaporation
- Distillation
- Filteration
- Sublimation
Iodine-salt mixture can be separated through:
- simple distillation
- simple filtration
- sublimation
- fractional distillation
Examples of sublimate does not include:
- ammonium salts
- nitrates
- iodine
- naphthalene
Sublimation is used to purify:
- plasma
- gases
- solids
- liquids
Which one of the following substances is a mixture?
- Water
- Copper
- Seawater
- Salt
Process in which solid is directly converted to vapors state is called:
- sublimation
- filtration
- drying
- cooling
Condensed solid produced during sublimation is:
- crystals
- sublimate
- residue
- insoluble
Sublimation can be used to separate a mixture of solids in which:
- one sublimes other does not
- both sublimes
- both does not sublime
- sublimation cannot be used for separation
- True
- False
On heating iodine and sand which will sublime?
- Sand
- Iodine
- Both a and b
- None of them
Sublimation process is used:
- to separate mixtures that contain a sublimate with a non-volatile component from a non-sublimate impurity
- to separate mixtures that contain a sublimate with a volatile component from a non-sublimate volatile impurity
- to separate mixtures that contain a sublimate with a volatile component from a non-sublimate impurity
- none of above
- True
- False
Ammonium chloride is separated from a mixture of sodium chloride and ammonium chloride by the process of:
- evaporation
- sublimation
- fractional distillation
- filtration
By which process can we separate camphor from ammonium chloride?
- Filtration
- Sublimation
- Dissolution and evaporation
- Distillation
By which method can ammonium chloride be separated from sand?
- By hand picking
- By filtration
- By sublimation
- By diffusion
The mixture of X and Y were taken in a condenser flask and were then heated. After keepint it for cooling, crystals of Y were found on the walls of the flask and X was present as such at the bottom of flask. Identify X and Y:
- $X= NaCl, Y= KCl$
- $X= Anthracene, Y=Naphthalene$
- $X=NaCl, Y= Naphthalene$
- $X=Anthracene, Y=NaCl$
Evaporation of solution of $CuSO _4$ helps in:
- making it more concentrated
- crystallization of $CuSO _4$
- evaporation of salt $CuSO _4$
- both $A$ and $B$
Put the following 6 steps for separating sand and salt into the correct order:
A. Heat filtrate to evaporate off the solvent (water).
B. Pour salt water filtrate into an evaporating basin on a tripod over a Bunsen burner.
C. Filter to remove the insoluble sand.
D. Place the sand/salt mixture into a beaker and add water.
E. Allow basin to cool & collect salt.
F. Stir to allow the salt to dissolve in the water.
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Which of the following is a seperation technique to seperate potassium chloride and ammonium chloride?
- Distillation
- Evaporation
- Condensation
- Sublimation
A mixture of sand and iodine can be separated by:
- distillation
- Fractionation
- Sublimation
- Filtration