Separation Anxiety Experiment Summary

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The main purpose of the lab “Separation Anxiety” was to thoroughly divide a salt and sand mixture by applying our knowledge of separation techniques, in order to determine the mass and percent composition of the isolated salt and sand in comparison to the original heterogeneous mixture. To accomplish this experiment, 25 ml of water was first added to the beaker containing the mixture. The water in combination with the salt and sand mixture was stirred, allowing the salt to dissolve into the water. Then, the sand and salt solution were segregated by the use of a filter, and an evaporation disc and bunsen burner were utilized to evaporate the water, inevitably, leaving behind the salt. This lead to the discovery that the separated sand had