Describe and explain 2 ways ti separate a mixture o sulphur powder and sodium nitrate crystals to collect pure samples
First of all if xylene is flammable you can’t use distillation so what you have to do is add water to the mixture of sodium nitrate and sulfur, then you use filtration to seprate the sulfur because it is insoluble in water therfore the filter paper will prevent it from going into the flask separating it from the water and sodium nitrate. The sulfur will be left in the filter as the residue and the sodium nitrate and water will become a solution because it is soluble in water and it will become the filtrate in the flask. To separate the sodium nitrate from water you use distillation because the water will evaporate and the vapor will travel into the Liebig condenser and into a collective flask leaving the sodium nitrate on its on.
For sulphur powder, you would use distillation because the xylene would cause casualties, as it's flammable. That way, you can separate it and keep the xylene separate.
For sodium nitrate, just use filtration. Let the water go through the filter paper, which keeps them separate lol