how do you separate iron filings and sulfur?

Answer 1

a magnet would pick up the iron filings.

Answer 2

You must be doing a physical separation lab!! This is the 2nd question realted to separation that you've posted.

Put a magnet in a zip lock bag and use it to attract the iron. Removing the magnet from the bag will allow the iron particles to drop into a dish or onto paper neatly with no fussing.

Water sep works too, as suggested earlier.

Heating/burning will NOT separate them but will make them react to form iron sulfide. Neat thing, yes, but not what you want..

Answer 3

Yes, of course a magnet will attract the iron filings and not the sulphur, but another method is to add water and shake. The iron will sink, and the sulphur will float.

Torching the mixture will cause a rather impressive exothermic chemical reaction to occur, which will do the very opposite of separating the mixture.

Answer 4

Separate them via in basic terms utilising a magnet using fact the irron fillings will have an interest in the magnet abandoning the sulfur. yet in a distinctive way is to pour the powder in a tumbler of water using fact the sulfur will waft mutually as the iron fillings will calm down.

Answer 5

Magnet is a good idea, but I think torching the sulfur would be more fun.

Answer 6

a magnet

Answer 7

Use a magnet!

Answer 8

a magnet.