A student is separating a mixture of three substances, A, B and C.
Look at the table. It gives information about these substances.
Substance | State at room temperature | Melting point (°C) | Boiling point (°C) | Solubility in water |
A | liquid | 0 | 100 | soluble |
B | liquid | –117 | 78 | soluble |
C | solid | 1535 | 2750 | insoluble |
A and B mix together completely.
Suggest how the student can separate the mixture to get pure samples of substances A, B and C.
Explain in detail how each method works.
The student has separated a pure sample of substance B from the mixture.
Suggest how the student can check that the sample of substance B is pure.
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