Methods for separating mixtures

Most of the substances on our planet are not in their pure form, but in compounds and mixtures, along with other substances.

So, the composition of granite includes three substances that are visible to the naked eye.

But milk seems homogeneous to us until it turns sour. Sour

milk separates into a clear whey and a white solid precipitate - protein

casein. Man long ago uses these substances , included in milk, highlighting them

from the mixture. Curd is prepared from insoluble protein - casein, and soluble

whey proteins are used for clinical nutrition.

How can mixtures be separated?

1. If the substance is insoluble in water, such as cereals (rice, buckwheat, semolina, etc.), river sand, chalk, clay, then you can use the filtration method.

Filtration-filtering liquids (gases) through a filter in order to purify them from solid impurities.

1. Putting up a filter. We place it in a funnel, slightly wetting it with water.

2. Insert the funnel with the filter into the flask.

3. Pass a mixture of undissolved matter and water through the filter.

Conclusion. Water purified by filtration freely passed through the filter; a substance insoluble in water remains on the filter.

2. If a solid is soluble in water ( salt, sugar, lemon acid), then to separatemixtures, the evaporation method can be used.

Evaporation- separation of solids dissolved in a liquid by converting it into vapor.

In a glass of water, the salt did not disappear, although it became invisible - the solution is transparent. Evaporation made it possible to isolate a substance dissolved in water from a mixture of substances (water and salt). Salt crystals are visible on the glass. This confirms the conclusion that that each substance (both water and salt) of the mixture retains its properties.

Conclusion. Soluble substances can be isolated from a solution.

3 .To separate liquids soluble in each other, to obtain pure (without impurities) water, the distillation method is used

(or distillation)

Distillation-distillation, separation of substances contained in liquid mixtures according to boiling points, followed by cooling of the vapor.

In nature, water in its pure form (without salts) does not occur. Oceanic, sea, river, well and spring water are varieties of salt solutions in water. However, often people need clean water that does not contain salts (used in car engines; in chemical production to obtain various solutions and substances; when taking photographs). Such water is called distilled, and the method of obtaining it is called distillation.

We heat tap water over the flame of an alcohol lamp in a test tube, closed with a cork with a gas outlet tube. We lower the end of the tube into a clean, dry test tube placed in a glass with ice. Drops of distilled (purified from salts and impurities) water will appear on the bottom and walls of a test tube in a glass with ice.

Exercise

1. Look into an empty kettle in which water is boiled. Is there on the walls and bottom white coating(scale) substances that have been dissolved in water?

2. Droplets of water flow from the lid of the kettle in which water is boiled. Which water - on the lid or in the kettle itself - contains more salts? Explain your answer.

3. What is the name of the process shown in the picture?

4. If the mixture contains iron, then a magnet can be used to isolate it, because. iron and its alloys are attracted by a magnet.

5. To separate two immiscible liquids (oil and water, sunflower oil and water), you need to use a separating funnel.

The liquid with a higher density will merge into a glass, and a lighter liquid will remain in the separating funnel.

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Methods for separating mixtures

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On the topic: Methods for separating mixtures

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Introduction…………………………………………………………………………..page 3

Types of mixtures………………………………………………………………………p.4

Methods for separating mixtures……………………………………………………..page 6

Conclusion……………………………………………………………………….page 11

List of references………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..p.12

Introduction

In nature, substances in their pure form are very rare. Most of the objects around us are made up of a mixture of substances. In a chemical laboratory, chemists work with pure substances. If the substance contains impurities, then any chemist can separate the substance needed for the experiment from impurities. To study the properties of substances, it is necessary to purify this substance, i.e. split into component parts. The separation of a mixture is a physical process. Physical Methods separation of substances are widely used in chemical laboratories, in the production of food products, in the production of metals and other substances.

Types of mixtures

There are no pure substances in nature. When considering boulders, granite, we are convinced that they consist of grains, veins of various colors; milk contains fats, proteins, water; oil and natural gas contain organic substances called hydrocarbons; air contains various gases; natural water is not a chemically pure substance. A mixture is a mixture of two or more dissimilar substances.

Mixtures can be divided into two large groups(ri

If the components of the mixture are visible to the naked eye, then such mixtures are called heterogeneous. For example, a mixture of wood and iron filings, a mixture of water and vegetable oil, a mixture of river sand and water, etc.

If the components of the mixture cannot be distinguished with the naked eye, then such mixtures are called homogeneous. Such mixtures as milk, oil, a solution of sugar in water, etc. are classified as homogeneous mixtures.

There are solid, liquid and gaseous substances. Substances can be mixed in any state of aggregation. The state of aggregation of a mixture determines a substance that is quantitatively superior to the rest.

Heterogeneous mixtures are formed from substances of different aggregate states, when the substances do not mutually dissolve and mix poorly (Table 1)

Homogeneous mixtures are formed when substances dissolve well in each other and mix well (Table 2).

When mixtures are formed, chemical transformations usually do not occur, and the substances in the mixture retain their properties. Differences in the properties of substances are used to separate mixtures.

Methods for separating mixtures

Mixtures, both inhomogeneous and homogeneous, can be divided into constituent parts, i.e. for pure substances. Pure substances are substances that cannot be separated by physical methods into two or more other substances and do not change their properties. physical properties. There are various methods for separating mixtures; certain methods for separating mixtures are used depending on the composition of the mixture.

1. Screening;
2. Filtration;
3. settling;
4. Decantation
5. centrifugation;
6. Evaporation;
7. Evaporation;
8. Recrystallization;
9. Distillation (distillation);
10. Freezing;
11. The action of the magnet;
12. Chromatography;
13. Extraction;
14. Adsorption.

Let's get acquainted with a few of them. Here it should be noted that it is easier to separate heterogeneous mixtures than homogeneous ones. Below we give examples of the separation of substances from homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures.

Screening.

Let's imagine that granulated sugar got into the flour. Perhaps the easiest way to separate is screening. With the help of a sieve, you can easily separate small particles of flour from relatively large sugar crystals. AT agriculture screening is used to separate plant seeds from foreign debris. In construction, gravel is separated from sand in this way.

Filtration

The solid component of the suspension is separated from the liquid filtering, using paper or fabric filters, cotton wool, a thin layer of fine sand. Let's imagine that we are given a mixture of table salt, sand and clay. It is required to separate table salt from the mixture. To do this, place the mixture in a beaker with water and shake. Table salt dissolves and sand settles. Clay does not dissolve and does not settle to the bottom of the glass, so the water remains cloudy. To remove insoluble clay particles from the solution, the mixture is filtered. To do this, you need to assemble a small filter device from a glass funnel, filter paper and a tripod. The salt solution is filtered out. To do this, the filtered solution is carefully poured into a funnel with a tightly inserted filter. Sand and clay particles remain on the filter, and a clear salt solution passes through the filter. Recrystallization is used to isolate salt dissolved in water.

recrystallization, evaporation

Recrystallization a method of purification is called, in which the substance is first dissolved in water, then the solution of the substance in water is evaporated. As a result, water evaporates, and the substance is released in the form of crystals.
Let's give an example: It is required to isolate table salt from a solution.
Above, we considered an example when it was necessary to isolate table salt from a heterogeneous mixture. Now let's separate the table salt from a homogeneous mixture. The solution obtained by filtration is called the filtrate. The filtrate must be poured into a porcelain cup. Place the cup with the solution on the tripod ring and heat the solution over the flame of the spirit lamp. The water will begin to evaporate and the volume of the solution will decrease. Such a process is called evaporation. As the water evaporates, the solution becomes more concentrated. When the solution reaches a state of saturation with table salt, crystals will appear on the walls of the cup. At this point, stop heating and cool the solution. Chilled table salt will stand out in the form of crystals. If necessary, salt crystals can be separated from the solution by filtration. The solution must not be evaporated until the water has completely evaporated, since other soluble impurities can also precipitate in the form of crystals and contaminate the table salt.

Settling, decanting

Used to isolate insoluble substances from liquids. upholding. If the solid particles are large enough, they quickly settle to the bottom, and the liquid becomes transparent. It can be carefully drained from the sediment, and this simple operation also has its own name - decantation. The smaller the solids in the liquid, the longer the mixture will settle. It is possible to separate from each other and two liquids that do not mix with each other.

centrifugation

If the particles of an inhomogeneous mixture are very small, it cannot be separated either by settling or filtering. Examples of such mixtures are milk and water-dissolved toothpaste. Such mixtures are divided centrifugation. Mixtures containing such a liquid are placed in test tubes and rotated at high speed in special apparatuses - centrifuges. As a result of centrifugation, heavier particles are "pressed" to the bottom of the vessel, and the lungs are on top. Milk is the smallest particles of fat distributed in an aqueous solution of other substances - sugars, proteins. To separate such a mixture, a special centrifuge called a separator is used. When separating milk, fats are on the surface, they are easy to separate. What remains is water with dissolved substances in it - this is skimmed milk.

Adsorption

In technology, the problem often arises of cleaning gases, such as air, from unwanted or harmful components. Many substances have one interesting property- they can "cling" to the surface of porous substances, like iron to a magnet. Adsorption called the ability of some solids to absorb gaseous or dissolved substances on their surface. Substances capable of adsorption are called adsorbents. Adsorbents are solid substances in which there are many internal channels, voids, pores, i.e. they have a very large total absorbing surface. Adsorbents are activated carbon, silica gel (in a box with new shoes you can find a small bag with white peas - this is silica gel), filter paper. Different substances "attach" to the surface of adsorbents differently: some are held on the surface firmly, others are weaker. Activated carbon is able to absorb not only gaseous, but also substances dissolved in liquids. In case of poisoning, it is taken so that toxic substances are adsorbed on it.

Distillation (distillation)

Two liquids that form a homogeneous mixture, such as ethanol with water, separated by distillation or distillation. This method is based on the fact that the liquid is heated to the boiling point and its vapor is removed through a gas outlet tube into another vessel. Cooling, the vapor condenses, and impurities remain in the distillation flask. The distillation apparatus is shown in Fig. 2

The liquid is placed in a Wurtz flask (1), the neck of the Wurtz flask is tightly closed with a stopper with a thermometer (2) inserted into it, while the mercury reservoir should be at the level of the outlet tube opening. The end of the outlet tube is inserted through a tightly fitted stopper into the Liebig refrigerator (3), at the other end of which the allonge (4) is fixed. The narrowed end of the allonge is lowered into the receiver (5). The lower end of the refrigerator jacket is connected with a rubber hose to a water tap, and from the upper end a drain is made into the sink. The refrigerator jacket should always be filled with water. The Wurtz flask and condenser are fixed in separate racks. The liquid is poured into the flask through a funnel with a long tube, filling the distillation flask to 2/3 of its volume. For uniform boiling, several boiling points are placed on the bottom of the flask - glass capillaries sealed at one end. After closing the flask, water is supplied to the refrigerator and the liquid in the flask is heated. Heating can be carried out on a gas burner, electric stove, water, sand or oil bath - depending on the boiling point of the liquid. In no case should flammable and combustible liquids (alcohol, ether, acetone, etc.) be heated over an open fire in order to avoid accidents: only a water or other bath should be used. The liquid should not be evaporated completely: 10-15% of the initially taken volume should remain in the flask. A new portion of the liquid can be poured only when the flask has cooled slightly.

Freezing

Substances with different melting points are separated by the method freezing, cooling the solution. By freezing, you can get very clean water at home. To do this, pour tap water into a jar or mug and put it in the freezer of the refrigerator (or take it out in the cold in winter). As soon as about half of the water turns into ice, the unfrozen part of it, where impurities accumulate, must be poured out, and the ice allowed to melt.

In industry and in laboratory conditions, methods for separating mixtures are used, based on other different properties of the constituent parts of the mixture. For example, iron filings can be isolated from a mixture magnet. The ability of substances to dissolve in various solvents is used in extraction- a method for separating solid or liquid mixtures by treating them with various solvents. For example, iodine aqueous solution can be distinguished by any organic solvent in which iodine dissolves better.

Conclusion

In laboratory practice and Everyday life very often it is necessary to isolate individual components from a mixture of substances. Note that mixtures include two or more substances, divided into two large groups: homogeneous and heterogeneous. There are various ways of separating mixtures, such as filtration, evaporation, distillation (distillation) and others. Methods for separating mixtures mainly depend on the type and composition of the mixture.

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Every substance contains impurities. A substance is considered pure if it contains almost no impurities.

Mixtures of substances are either homogeneous or heterogeneous. In a homogeneous mixture, the components cannot be detected by observation, but in an inhomogeneous mixture it is possible.

Some physical properties of a homogeneous mixture differ from those of the components.

In a heterogeneous mixture, the properties of the components are preserved.

Heterogeneous mixtures of substances are separated by settling, filtering, sometimes by the action of a magnet, and homogeneous mixtures are separated by evaporation and distillation (distillation).

Pure substances and mixtures

We live among chemical substances. We inhale air, and this is a mixture of gases (nitrogen, oxygen and others), we exhale carbon dioxide. We wash ourselves with water - this is another substance, the most common on Earth. We drink milk - a mixture of water with the smallest droplets of milk fat, and not only: there is also casein milk protein, mineral salts, vitamins and even sugar, but not the one with which they drink tea, but a special milk - lactose. We eat apples, which consist of a whole range of chemicals - sugar, malic acid, and vitamins are here ... When chewed apple pieces enter the stomach, human digestive juices begin to act on them, which help to absorb all the delicious useful material not only an apple, but also any other food. We not only live among chemicals, but we ourselves are made of them. Every person - his skin, muscles, blood, teeth, bones, hair are built of chemicals, like a house of bricks. Nitrogen, oxygen, sugar, vitamins are natural substances, natural origin. Glass, rubber, steel are also substances, more precisely, materials (mixtures of substances). Both glass and rubber are of artificial origin; they did not exist in nature. Completely pure substances are not found in nature or are very rare.

Each substance always contains a certain amount of impurities. A substance that contains almost no impurities is called pure. They work with such substances in a scientific laboratory, a school chemistry room. Note that absolutely pure substances do not exist.

An individual pure substance has a certain set of characteristic properties (constant physical properties). Only pure distilled water has tmelt = 0 °С, tboil = 100 °С, and has no taste. Sea water freezes at lower temperatures and boils at higher temperatures. high temperature, the taste is bitter-salty. The water of the Black Sea freezes at a lower temperature, and boils at a higher temperature than water Baltic Sea. Why? The fact is that sea water contains other substances, for example, dissolved salts, i.e. it is a mixture of various substances, the composition of which varies over a wide range, but the properties of the mixture are not constant. The concept of "mixture" was defined in the 17th century. English scientist Robert Boyle: "A mixture is an integral system consisting of heterogeneous components."

Almost all natural substances, foodstuffs (except for salt, sugar, some others), many medicinal and cosmetics, household chemicals, Construction Materials.

Comparative characteristics of a mixture and a pure substance

Each substance contained in a mixture is called a component.

Classification of mixtures

There are homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures.

Homogeneous mixtures (homogeneous)

Add a small portion of sugar to a glass of water and stir until all the sugar is dissolved. The liquid will have sweet taste. Thus, the sugar did not disappear, but remained in the mixture. Ho, we will not see its crystals, even when examining a drop of liquid in a powerful microscope. The prepared mixture of sugar and water is homogeneous; the smallest particles of these substances are evenly mixed in it.

Mixtures in which components cannot be detected by observation are called homogeneous.

Most metal alloys are also homogeneous mixtures. For example, in an alloy of gold and copper (it is used to make jewelry) are missing red copper particles and yellow gold particles.

From materials that are homogeneous mixtures of substances, many items for various purposes are made.

All mixtures of gases, including air, belong to homogeneous mixtures. There are many homogeneous mixtures of liquids.

Homogeneous mixtures are also called solutions, even if they are solid or gaseous.

Let us give examples of solutions (air in a flask, table salt + water, small change: aluminum + copper or nickel + copper).

Heterogeneous mixtures (heterogeneous)

You know that chalk does not dissolve in water. If its powder is poured into a glass of water, then chalk particles can always be found in the resulting mixture, which are visible to the naked eye or through a microscope.

Mixtures in which components can be detected by observation are called heterogeneous.

Heterogeneous mixtures include most minerals, soil, building materials, living tissues, cloudy water, milk and other foodstuffs, some medicines and cosmetics.

In a heterogeneous mixture, the physical properties of the components are preserved. So, iron filings mixed with copper or aluminum do not lose their ability to be attracted to a magnet.

Some types of heterogeneous mixtures have special names: foam (for example, foam, soap suds), suspension (a mixture of water with a small amount of flour), emulsion (milk, well-shaken vegetable oil with water), aerosol (smoke, fog).

Methods for separating mixtures

In nature, substances exist in the form of mixtures. For laboratory research, industrial productions, for the needs of pharmacology and medicine, pure substances are needed.

There are many methods for separating mixtures. They are chosen taking into account the type of mixture, state of aggregation and differences in the physical properties of the components.

Methods for separating mixtures

These methods are based on differences in the physical properties of the components of the mixture.

Consider methods for separating heterogeneous and homogeneous mixtures.

Chromatography is a special method for separating components based on their different absorption by a particular substance.

If you hang a strip of filter paper over a vessel with red ink, immersing only the end of the strip in them. The solution is absorbed by the paper and rises along it. But the border of the rise of the paint lags behind the border of the rise of the water. This is how the separation of two substances occurs: water and the coloring matter in the ink.

With the help of chromatography, the Russian botanist M. S. Tsvet was the first to isolate chlorophyll from the green parts of plants. In industry and laboratories, instead of filter paper for chromatography, starch, coal, limestone, and aluminum oxide are used. Are substances always required with the same degree of purification?

For different purposes, substances with different degrees of purification are needed. Cooking water is sufficiently settled to remove impurities and chlorine used to disinfect it. Drinking water must first be boiled. And in chemical laboratories for the preparation of solutions and experiments, in medicine, distilled water is needed, as purified as possible from the substances dissolved in it. Highly pure substances, the content of impurities in which does not exceed one millionth of a percent, are used in electronics, semiconductor, nuclear technology and other precision industries.

Lesson material contains information about various ways separation of mixtures and purification of substances. You will learn how to use knowledge of the differences in the properties of the components of a mixture to select the optimal method for separating a given mixture.

Topic: Initial chemical ideas

Lesson: Methods for separating mixtures and purifying substances

Let us define the difference between "methods for separating mixtures" and "methods for purifying substances." In the first case, it is important to obtain in pure form all the components that make up the mixture. When purifying a substance, obtaining impurities in a pure form is usually neglected.

SETTLEMENT

How to separate a mixture of sand and clay? This is one of the stages in ceramic production (for example, in the production of bricks). To separate such a mixture, the settling method is used. The mixture is placed in water and stirred. Clay and sand different speed settle in the water. Therefore, sand will settle much faster than clay (Fig. 1).

Rice. 1. Separation of a mixture of clay and sand by settling

The settling method is also used to separate mixtures of water-insoluble solids with different densities. For example, this is how you can separate a mixture of iron and sawdust ( sawdust they will float in the water, and the iron ones will settle).

A mixture of vegetable oil and water can also be separated by settling, because the oil does not dissolve in water and has a lower density (Fig. 2). Thus, by settling, it is possible to separate mixtures of liquids insoluble in each other with different densities.

Rice. 2. Separation of a mixture of vegetable oil and water by settling

To separate a mixture of table salt and river sand, you can use the settling method (when mixed with water, the salt will dissolve, the sand will settle), but it will be more reliable to separate the sand from the salt solution by another method - the filtration method.

Filtration of this mixture can be carried out using a paper filter and a funnel lowered into a glass. Grains of sand remain on the filter paper, and a clear solution of table salt passes through the filter. In this case, the river sand is the sediment, and the salt solution is the leachate (Fig. 3).

Rice. 3. Using filtration method to separate river sand from salt solution

Filtration can be carried out not only with filter paper, but also with other porous or loose materials. For example, bulk materials include quartz sand, and porous materials include glass wool and baked clay.

Some mixtures can be separated using the "hot filtration" method. For example, a mixture of sulfur and iron powders. Iron melts at over 1500 C and sulfur around 120 C. Molten sulfur can be separated from the iron powder using heated glass wool.

Salt can be isolated from the filtrate by evaporation, i.e. heat the mixture and the water will evaporate and the salt will remain on the porcelain cup. Evaporation, the partial evaporation of water, is sometimes used. As a result, a more concentrated solution is formed, upon cooling of which the solute is released in the form of crystals.

If a substance capable of magnetization is present in the mixture, then it is easy to isolate it in its pure form using a magnet. For example, a mixture of sulfur and iron powders can be separated in this way.

The same mixture can be separated by another method, using knowledge of the wettability of the components of the mixture with water. Iron is wetted by water, i.e. water spreads over the surface of the iron. Sulfur is not wetted by water. If you put a piece of sulfur in water, it will sink, because. The density of sulfur is greater than the density of water. But the sulfur powder will emerge, because. air bubbles stick to the grains of sulfur that are not wetted by water and push them to the surface. To separate the mixture, you need to place it in water. The sulfur powder will float and the iron will sink (Fig. 4).

Rice. 4. Separation of a mixture of sulfur and iron powders by flotation

The method of separating mixtures based on the difference in the wettability of the components is called flotation (French flotter - to float). Consider a few more methods for the separation and purification of substances.

One of the oldest methods of separating mixtures is distillation (or distillation). Using this method, it is possible to separate components that are soluble in each other, having different temperatures boiling. This is how distilled water is obtained. Water with impurities is boiled in one vessel. The resulting water vapor condenses upon cooling in another vessel in the form of already distilled (pure) water.

Rice. 5. Obtaining distilled water

Components with similar properties can be separated using the chromatography method. This method is based on the different absorption of the substances to be separated by the surface of another substance.

For example, red ink can be separated into its components (water and dye) by chromatography.

Rice. 6. Separation of red ink by paper chromatography

In chemical laboratories, chromatography is carried out using special instruments - chromatographs, the main parts of which are a chromatographic column and a detector.

Adsorption is widely used in chemistry to purify certain substances. It is the accumulation of one substance on the surface of another substance. Adsorbents include, for example, activated carbon.

Try to drop the pill activated carbon into a vessel with colored water, stir, filter and you will see that the filtrate has become colorless. Carbon atoms attract molecules, in this case, the dye.

Currently, adsorption is widely used for water and air purification. For example, water filters contain activated carbon as an adsorbent.

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In our article, we will consider what pure substances and mixtures are, methods for separating mixtures. Each of us uses them in everyday life. Do pure substances occur in nature at all? And how to distinguish them from mixtures?

Pure substances and mixtures: ways to separate mixtures

Pure substances are substances that contain only particles a certain kind. Scientists believe that they practically do not exist in nature, since all of them, albeit in negligible proportions, contain impurities. Absolutely all substances are also soluble in water. Even if immersed in this liquid, for example, silver ring, the ions of this metal will go into solution.

A sign of pure substances is the constancy of composition and physical properties. In the process of their formation, a change in the amount of energy occurs. Moreover, it can both increase and decrease. The only way to separate a pure substance into its individual components is to chemical reaction. For example, only distilled water has a typical boiling and freezing point for this substance, the absence of taste and smell. And its oxygen and hydrogen can be decomposed only by electrolysis.

And how do they differ from pure substances in their totality? Chemistry will help us answer this question. Methods for separating mixtures are physical because they do not change chemical composition substances. Unlike pure substances, mixtures have variable composition and properties, and they can be separated by physical methods.

What is a mixture

A mixture is a collection of individual substances. An example is sea water. Unlike distilled, it has a bitter or salty taste, boils at a higher temperature, and freezes at a lower temperature. Methods for separating mixtures of substances are physical. Yes, from sea ​​water you can get pure salt by evaporation and subsequent crystallization.

Types of mixtures

If you add sugar to water, after a while its particles will dissolve and become invisible. As a result, they cannot be distinguished with the naked eye. Such mixtures are called homogeneous or homogeneous. Their examples are also air, gasoline, broth, perfume, sweet and salty water, an alloy of copper and aluminum. As you can see, they can be in different states of aggregation, but liquids are most common. They are also called solutions.

In heterogeneous, or heterogeneous mixtures, particles of individual substances can be distinguished. Iron and wood filings, sand and table salt are typical examples. Heterogeneous mixtures are also called suspensions. Among them, suspensions and emulsions are distinguished. The former consists of a liquid and a solid. So, an emulsion is a mixture of water and sand. An emulsion is a combination of two liquids with different densities.

There are heterogeneous mixtures with special names. So, an example of foam is foam, and aerosols include fog, smoke, deodorants, air fresheners, antistatic agents.

Methods for separating mixtures

Of course, many mixtures have more valuable properties than the individual individual substances included in their composition. But even in everyday life there are situations when they need to be separated. And in industry, entire industries are based on this process. For example, from oil as a result of its processing, gasoline, gas oil, kerosene, fuel oil, solar oil and machine oil, rocket fuel, acetylene and benzene are obtained. Agree, it is more profitable to use these products than mindlessly burning oil.

Now let's see if there is such a thing as chemical methods separation of mixtures. Suppose we need to obtain pure substances from an aqueous solution of salt. To do this, the mixture must be heated. As a result, the water will turn into steam, and the salt will crystallize. But at the same time, there will be no transformation of one substance into another. This means that the basis of this process are physical phenomena.

Methods for separating mixtures depend on the state of aggregation, the ability to dissolve, the difference in boiling point, the density and composition of its components. Let's consider each of them in more detail with specific examples.

Filtration

This separation method is suitable for mixtures containing a liquid and an insoluble solid. For example, water and river sand. This mixture must be passed through a filter. As a result, clean water will freely pass through it, and the sand will remain.

settling

Some methods of separating mixtures are based on the action of gravity. In this way, suspensions and emulsions can be decomposed. If vegetable oil gets into the water, the mixture must first be shaken. Then leave it for a while. As a result, the water will be at the bottom of the vessel, and the oil will cover it in the form of a film.

In laboratory conditions, they are used for settling. As a result of its work, a denser liquid is drained into a vessel, and a light one remains.

Settling is characterized by a low speed of the process. Necessary certain time to form a precipitate. In industrial conditions, this method is carried out in special structures called sedimentation tanks.

Magnet action

If the mixture contains metal, then it can be separated using a magnet. For example, separate iron and wood filings. But do all metals have these properties? Not at all. For this method, only mixtures containing ferromagnets are suitable. In addition to iron, these include nickel, cobalt, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, and erbium.

Distillation

This name, translated from Latin, means "draining drops." Distillation is a method of separating mixtures based on the difference in boiling points of substances. Thus, even at home, alcohol and water can be separated. The first substance begins to evaporate already at a temperature of 78 degrees Celsius. Touching the cold surface, the alcohol vapor condenses, turning into a liquid state.

In industry, oil refining products, aromatic substances, and pure metals are obtained in this way.

Evaporation and crystallization

These separation methods are suitable for liquid solutions. The substances that make up their composition differ in their boiling point. Thus, it is possible to obtain crystals of salt or sugar from the water in which they are dissolved. To do this, the solutions are heated and evaporated to a saturated state. In this case, the crystals are deposited. If it is necessary to obtain pure water, then the solution is brought to a boil, followed by condensation of the vapors on a colder surface.

Methods for separating gas mixtures

Gaseous mixtures are separated by laboratory and industrial methods, since this process requires special equipment. Raw material natural origin is air, coke, generator, associated and natural gas, which is a combination of hydrocarbons.

The physical methods for separating mixtures in the gaseous state are as follows:

• Condensation is the process of gradual cooling of a mixture, during which the condensation of its constituents occurs. In this case, first of all, high-boiling substances, which are collected in separators, pass into the liquid state. In this way, hydrogen is obtained from and also ammonia is separated from the unreacted part of the mixture.
• Sorption is the absorption of some substances by others. This process has opposite components, between which equilibrium is established during the reaction. For the forward and reverse processes, various conditions. In the first case, this combination high pressure and low temperature. This process is called sorption. Otherwise, the opposite conditions are used: low pressure at high temperature.
• Membrane separation is a method in which the property of semi-permeable partitions is used to selectively pass molecules of various substances.
• Reflux - the process of condensation of high-boiling parts of mixtures as a result of their cooling. In this case, the temperature of the transition to the liquid state of the individual components should differ significantly.

Chromatography

The name of this method can be translated as "I write with color." Imagine that ink is added to the water. If you lower the end of the filter paper into such a mixture, it will begin to be absorbed. In this case, water will be absorbed faster than ink, which is associated with a different degree of sorption of these substances. Chromatography is not only a method for separating mixtures, but also a method for studying such properties of substances as diffusion and solubility.

So, we got acquainted with such concepts as "pure substances" and "mixtures". The first are elements or compounds consisting only of particles of a certain type. Their examples are salt, sugar, distilled water. Mixtures are a collection of individual substances. A number of methods are used to separate them. The way they are separated depends on the physical properties of its constituents. The main ones are settling, evaporation, crystallization, filtration, distillation, magnetization and chromatography.