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Connor Boyster
August 29, 2013
Mrs. Goode
Connor Boyster, Casey Hicks 2
Mixture Separation
Purpose/Objective:
The purpose of this lab is to determine how difficult it is to separate different items from a
properties.
Prediction/Hypothesis:
The various components will be removed fairly easily by utilizing the properties of each. These
Materials Needed:
Test tubes
Peachery dish
Water
Dropper
Scoopula
Sand
Poppy seeds
Iron filings
Magnet
Salt
Funnel
Connor Boyster, Casey Hicks 3
Mixture Separation
Filter paper
Stirring rod
Safety Precautions:
Because glass items were used, closed-toed shoes were a necessity.
Procedure:
First, the mixture was poured onto a napkin. A magnet was then used to remove the iron filings
from the mixture. Then the mixture was poured into a peachery dish filled with water. After
being stirred well, the poppy seeds were removed from the surface of the water using the
scoopula. Then filter paper was placed inside the funnel and the funnel into a test tube. The
entire mixture was poured into the funnel and allowed to drain. The filter paper was removed,
Data Collected/Observations:
It was difficult to get every last iron filing. A few seemed to move but not enough to be drawn to
the magnet completely. Of all the poppy seeds, a couple did not float, which made them much
Charts/Graphs:
Conclusion:
The experiment did not go as smoothly as thought. Certain factors including the amount of water
in the peachery dish could cause the separation of components to become a complete failure.
Having too little water made removing the poppy seeds extremely difficult. In addition, the sand
was very hard to remove from the dish when it came time to pour the mixture into the funnel.
This nearly made the entire experiment a failure. Therefore, my hypothesis was not correct. It is