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- what physical property can be used to separate a mixture of salt and water?
filtration
evaporation
hand separation
chromatography
To separate salt (a solid solute) from water (a liquid solvent) in a mixture, we use the physical property related to the different boiling/evaporation points. Filtration is for separating solids from liquids when the solid is insoluble, hand separation is for visible large - particle mixtures, and chromatography is for separating components in a mixture based on their different affinities in a mobile and stationary phase. Evaporation works because water can evaporate (turn into vapor) at a relatively low temperature, leaving the salt behind.
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B. Evaporation