separating techniques

• filtration

  The process used to separate insoluble solids from a liquid using a filter.
• chromatography


  A process used to separate different substances dissolved in a liquid.
• distillation

  Separation method used to separate a solvent from a solution.
• evaporation

  A separation process used to separate

  a solid that has dissolved in a liquid. The solvent is heated leaving the solute to remain.
• magnet

  separates iron from a mixture
• sieving

  smaller particles will pass through the holes where larger ones do not
• solution


  A mixture that forms when a solute dissolves in a solvent.
• solute

  Substance being dissolved
• solvent

  A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances
• concentrated


  Describes a solution containing a large amount of solute
• dilute

  Describes a solution containing a small amount of solute
• soluble


  Capable of being dissolved
• insolube


  a compound will not dissolve
• Saturation

  The point at which a solute will no longer dissolve in a solvent
• mixture is a substance made up of two or more different substances that cannot be separated by physical means alone
• separation methods are used to separate mixtures into their individual components