how can we separate a mixture of safety pins , sand and chalk powder ?

To separate a mixture of safety pins, sand and chalk powder, first bring a magnet near the mixture and safety pins will get separated.

Further take a sieve according to its pore size and the size of sand granules and chalk powder.

If chalk powder is fine and sand granules are bigger, take a sieve with fine and small pore size and filter the mixture through it. The chalk powder will pass through the sieve and sand will be left in the sieve.

If sand granules are smaller as compared to the chalk powder, take a sieve of pore size such that sand passes through it and chalk powder remains.

In this way, all the three substances will be separated. 

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first we bring a magnet near the mixture and safety pins get seprated. Then we add water to the mixture of sand and chalk powder and with filteration sand will get seprated. therefore all the three substances will be separated.

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  1) take a magnet and stir it in the mixture till all the safety pins come out or even the safety pins can be removed by hand as they are big enough!

2) now, add water to the mixture,

sand (SiO2) will not dissolve but chalk powder( CaCO3) dissolves through the reaction:

CaCO3 + H2O ------> Ca(OH)2 + CO2 + H2O


and then the filtrate would be the sand.


all the three are separated.


hope it helps!!

cheerS!!! 

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