A student at Hope secondary school accidentally mixed iron filings and sand. Explain how he can separate the mixture. Name two applications of the methods...

      

A student at Hope secondary school accidentally mixed iron filings and sand. Explain how he can separate the mixture.
Name the applications of the methods above

  

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Faith
Place the mixture on a paper
Hold a magnet above the mixture. The iron fillings will be attracted leaving the sand particles on the paper. This mixture is separated using market since iron fillings are magnetic while sand is not.
Applications of the method include:
Iron recycling
In flour mills to remove iron particles
Faimus answered the question on December 3, 2017 at 18:42


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