mechanical mixtures.......
2007-01-13 13:44:29 · 8 answers · asked by kogmu 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
I am a cook. A great way to separate mixtures is by temperature. For example, if we wanted to separate the oil in a dressing, we would place it in the refrigerator. After a short period of time, the oil coaagulates and rises to the top, afterwhich, it is removed. Temperature separates by separating the different molecules. The higher the fat content, the density increases. The atoms slow down, the mixture is thickened. Want to thin it out? Heat it up. It speeds the molecules, thinning out the mixture.
Wa-La!
Good luck! Great question!
2007-01-13 16:57:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do you consider a mechanical mixture?
Do you mean something that has been engineered as opposed to natural mixtures?
2007-01-13 21:47:34 · answer #2 · answered by JAN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming you are talking about mixtures of solids the following come to mind:
sorting by hand
sieving
froth flotation
settling
optical sorting
magnetic properties
2007-01-13 22:36:49 · answer #3 · answered by Robert A 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You would probably need to separate the bonds. Therefore, you would need ot find out what would break up the bonds of what it is that you are trying to separate.
Ex: Soap breaks hydrogen bonds and, therefore, allows dirt to be washed away--this means that washing hands without soap is wasting your time!
Good Luck!
2007-01-13 21:54:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you looking for seperators? Like the inside of a Lava Lamp?
2007-01-13 21:51:12 · answer #5 · answered by sweetness 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put them in separate vessels
2007-01-13 21:46:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
coffee strainer
2007-01-13 21:47:17 · answer #7 · answered by boris t 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
filtration,evaporation,crystallisation,centrifuging,fractional distillation,simple distillation,
2007-01-14 02:40:57 · answer #8 · answered by jomo7125 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋