Suppose you want to separate the leaves, acorns, and twigs from a pile of soil. Filtration and distillation are two processes of separating mixture. Explain which process you would use and why.

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10 August, 22:22

Suppose you want to separate the leaves, acorns, and twigs from a pile of soil. Filtration and distillation are two processes of separating mixture. Explain which process you would use and why.

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Brighton · Answer 1

The separation of leaves, acorns, and twigs from soil may be done through filtration because they are relatively bigger in size than the soil. Distillation cannot be used to aid the separation because it is applicable for the solution with different volatilities which is not the case.