Anil’s sister accidentally added some water to the bottle containing olive oil and she was afraid of scolding. Anil helped his sister and separated the water from olive oil using a bottle as a separating funnel.
(a) What is the principle of using and working on separating the funnel?
(b) Suggest two separation techniques used to separate liquid mixtures.
(c) What value of Anil is seen in the above case?
(a) The principle of using and working of separating funnel is the difference in the densities of two liquids.
(b) Liquid mixtures can be separated by distillation and fractional distillation.
(c) Anil showed the value of helping, caring and responsible behaviour.
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