Separation Techniques: Evaporation and Distillation
Students will explore evaporation and distillation as methods for separating soluble solids from liquids and liquids from other liquids.
Key Questions
- Compare the principles behind evaporation and distillation for separating mixtures.
- Explain why distillation is more effective than evaporation for recovering a pure solvent.
- Design an experiment to separate salt from water and recover both components.
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