Separation of Mixture and Solids

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Separation of a Mixture of Solids My Flow Chart First remove iron filings with magnet since this is the only substance in the mixture that it is magnetic and will be attracted to a magnet. Second remove the sand by adding the mixture to hot water to separate. Third remove the benzoic acid since it chrystalizes and is easily removed from the mixture. This will then leave the table salt behind in the water as the last substance. Observations Data Table 1: Experiment Data | | Grams (g) | Percent of Mixture (%) | Initial Mixture | 6.5 | 100 | Iron Filings | 1.8 | 27.69 | Sand | 1.7 | 26.15 | Table Salt | 1.9 | 29.23 | Benzoic Acid | 0.8 | 12.31 | Combined Total | 6.2 | 95.38 | Questions A. How did your proposed procedures or flow charts at the beginning of this experiment compare to the actual procedures of this lab exercise? The flow chart I created listed each substance and the weight, it looked similar to the one on the disc but did not have a column for percentage B. Discuss potential advantages or disadvantages of your proposed procedure compared to the one actually used. The disadvantage of my flow chart would be that the weight would have been measured but the percentage would not give the accurate scientific measurements. C. How would you explain a sand recovery percentage that is higher than the original sand percentage? I would have to either think that the sand was not dry enough. . D. What were potential sources of error in this experiment? When transferring each substance there could be error if some of the substance was waisted or left behind in the containers that held the substance. If the temperature was heated too high the sand would begin to pop out of the container and some of the sand would be lost.

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