Types of Mixtures and Methods for Separating

Chemistry I CANVAS Course Lesson 3.3

Type of Mixture
Homogeneous Heterogeneous
definition Same or alike; composition is A composition that’s not uniform
uniform throughout the mixture throughout the mixture.

characteristics Solids, liquids and gases Consists of two or more

ingredients.
Examples Water, air, steel “mixtures of sand and water or
sand and iron filings”
Other important “consisting of parts or elements “the various components are visible
information that are all the same.” since there are different phases
taking place among the parts”

Methods for Separating Mixtures

Property or properties Broiling point, liquid to gas

of matter utilized
“The use of heat to separate the
components of a liquid and/or gas.
Use to separate which
type of mixture(s)
Generally, distillation is used to
separate mixtures that are
Distillation homogeneous.”
Heating the liquid to its boiling point,
the liquid evaporates forming vapor.
Description of the
The vapor is cooled by passing
process
through pipes at a lower
temperature. Distillation is used to
purify compounds or mixtures.
Property or properties All forms including solid, liquid and
of matter utilized gas.
“Chromatography is a technique to
separate components of a
homogeneous mixture based on the
Use to separate which
solubility difference of the
Chromatography type of mixture(s)
components in a solvent or solvent
mixture. Typically it is performed in
liquid or in gas phase.”
Description of the “Chromatography is a process for
process separating components of a mixture.
... The different components of the

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 Types of Mixtures and Methods for Separating
Chemistry I CANVAS Course Lesson 3.3

mixture travel through the stationary

phase at different speeds, causing
them to separate from one another.”
Property or properties Liquids and gas.
of matter utilized
Use to separate which This is used to separate a soluble
Evaporation type of mixture(s) solid from a liquid.
Description of the This is the process in which the water
process changes from a liquid to a gas, this
usually happens in the water cycle.
Property or properties Solid to a liquid.
of matter utilized
Use to separate which Hetrogenous
type of mixture(s)
“Filtration, the process in which solid
particles in a liquid or gaseous fluid
Filtration are removed by the use of a filter
Description of the
medium that permits the fluid to
process
pass through but retains the solid
particles. Either the clarified fluid or
the solid particles removed from the
fluid may be the desired product.”

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