Practicing Success
Which of the following methods can be used to separate the volatile component (solvent) from its non-volatile solute in a solution? |
Evaporation Centrifugation Filtration Fractional distillation |
Evaporation |
The correct answer is option 1. Evaporation We can separate the volatile component (solvent) from its non-volatile solute in a solution by the method of evaporation. Volatile component will go easily into vapour phase upon heating and in this way non-volatile solute can be separated. For example: Ink is a mixture of a dye in water. Dye is non-volatile and water is volatile in nature and hence dye can be separated from water by method of evaporation. |