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Separation Techniques

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Separation techniques involve physical methods to isolate mixtures, including distillation, filtration, and crystallization. Competitive exams frequently test these foundational concepts. Review the exact processes to enhance problem solving speed.

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Separation Techniques Questions

Multiple choice
  1. loading, sedimentation, decantation and filtration

  2. sedimentation, filtration and distillation

  3. loading, decantation, sieving and distillation

  4. sedimentation, centrifugation and distillation

  5. loading, sedimentation, filtration and decantation

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A Correct answer
Explanation

In municiple water works first loading, sedimentation, decantation and then filtration is done.

Multiple choice
  1. Evaporation

  2. Coagulation

  3. Distillation

  4. Centrifugation

  5. Filtration

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Cream is separated from milk by centrifugation because on rotating the milk, cream comes up.

Multiple choice
  1. Only (1)

  2. Only (2)

  3. Both (1) and (2)

  4. Neither (1) nor (2)

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Statement (1) is correct. Froth flotation is one of the processes used to recycled paper. In the paper industry this step is called deinking or just flotation. The target is to release and remove the hydrophobic contaminants from the recycled paper. The contaminants are mostly printing ink and stickies. Statement (2) is correct. Distillation is the process of heating a liquid to its boiling point, capturing and cooling. Extraction of petroleum, diesel, naphthalene and bitumen is the example of fractional distillation.

Multiple choice
  1. two solids

  2. two liquids

  3. two gases

  4. a solid and a liquid

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A Correct answer
Explanation

In chemistry, fractional crystallisation is the method of refining substances based on differences in solubility. If a mixture of two or more substances in solution is allowed to crystallise, e.g. by allowing the temperature of the solution to decrease, the precipitate will contain more of the least soluble substance.

Multiple choice
  1. Sedimentation

  2. Evaporation

  3. Distillation

  4. Sublimation

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Sublimation is the transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas phase without passing through the intermediate liquid phase. Sublimation is an endothermic phase transition that occurs at temperatures and pressures below the triple point of a substance in its phase diagram.

Multiple choice
  1. It is a process of obtaining pure solid in the form of its crystals from its solution.

  2. It is a process of separating the suspended particles from a liquid mixture by rotating the mixture at a high speed.

  3. It is a process of separating a sublimable volatile component from a non–sublimable impurity.

  4. It is a process in which a solid is obtained in an impure form from its solution.

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Explanation

Crystallisation is the process in which crystals of a pure substance are obtained by cooling its hot saturated solution. This technique is used for purification of inorganic/organic solids. This is based upon the principle that when a crystal is formed, it tends to exclude the impurities which remain in the solution. Centrifugation is the process of separating the suspended particles from a liquid mixture by rotating the mixture at high speed. This technique is based on the fact that denser particles are forced to the bottom and lighter particles stay at the top when spun rapidly. Sublimation is the process of separating a sublimable volatile component (i.e. substance which changes directly from solid to gas, without going through the intervening liquid state, on heating and vice-versa on cooling) from non–sublimable impurities whereas evaporation is the technique used to separate non–volatile components (solutes) dissolved in volatile solvents, i.e. in this technique, an impure solid is obtained from its solution. 

Multiple choice
  1. 1 - D, 2 - A, 3 - C, 4 - B

  2. 1 - B, 2 - D, 3 - A, 4 - C

  3. 1 - A, 2 - C, 3 - B, 4 - D

  4. 1 - C, 2 - B, 3 - D, 4 - A

  5. 1 - B, 2 - A, 3 - D, 4 - C

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B Correct answer
Explanation

(1) Separation of cream from milk - Centrifugation (2) Separation of oil from water - Separating funnel (3) Separation of pigment from natural colours - Chromatography (4) Separation of components of air - Fractional distillation

Multiple choice
  1. Crystallisation

  2. Centrifugation

  3. Chromatography

  4. Distillation

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Chromatography is a method in which sample extract being dissolved in a mobile phase. The mobile phase is then forced through an immobile, immiscible stationary phase. The phases are chosen such that components of the sample have differing solubilities in each phase. A component which is quite soluble in the stationary phase will take longer to travel through it than a component which is not very soluble in the stationary phase, but very soluble in the mobile phase. As a result of these differences in mobilities, sample components will become separated from each other as they travel through the stationary phase. 

Multiple choice
  1. simple distillation

  2. evaporation

  3. separating funnel

  4. fractional distillation

  5. filter funnel

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Immiscible liquids are separated by a separating funnel.

Multiple choice
  1. Denser particles are forced to the bottom and lighter particles stay at the top when spun rapidly irrespective of the direction of rotation.

  2. Denser particles stay at the top and lighter particles are forced to the bottom when spun rapidly irrespective of the direction of rotation.

  3. Denser particles settle down at the bottom and lighter particles come to the top when the direction of rotation is clockwise and vice-versa.

  4. Centrifugation uses the principle of separation of mixture of two immiscible liquids.

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Denser particles are forced to the bottom and lighter particles stay at the top when spun rapidly irrespective of the direction of the rotation.

Multiple choice
  1. Sedimentation and Decantation

  2. Boiling

  3. Infiltration

  4. Filtration

  5. Distillation

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Infiltration happens when water soaks into the soil from the ground level. It moves underground and moves between the soil and rocks. Some of the water will be soaked up by roots to help plants grow.