You can boil or evaporate the water and the salt will be left behind as a solid. If you want to collect the water, you can use distillation. This works because salt has a much higher boiling point than water. b) Sugar and water To separate sugar and water from a mixture of the two, the easiest way would be to use distillation. Distillation is a way of separating substances based on the difference in their boiling points. Using distillation it is possible to separate sugar, which has a much higher boiling point than water, from water. c) Oil and water To separate oil from water, add a solution of soluble ionic salt to the solution. Distillation, which involves boiling and condensing the water, is another option, as well as partially freezing the oil and water combination and discarding one-fourth to one-third of the unfrozen water. d) Alcohol and water When you mix the rubbing alcohol with water, the latter's molecules make hydrogen bonds with the water molecules. The alcohol dissolves in the water to form a homogenous solution, so you cannot distinguish the alcohol and the water anymore.