1) The document describes the process of decantation, which involves separating a liquid layer from solid sediments by carefully pouring off the liquid while leaving the sediments behind.
2) Decantation is used when particles are too fine to be filtered, allowing the mixture to settle so the liquid can be poured off from above the sediments.
3) Key steps include allowing the mixture to settle, then slowly pouring the upper liquid layer into a new container to separate it from the coarse solid particles remaining behind.
1) The document describes the process of decantation, which involves separating a liquid layer from solid sediments by carefully pouring off the liquid while leaving the sediments behind.
2) Decantation is used when particles are too fine to be filtered, allowing the mixture to settle so the liquid can be poured off from above the sediments.
3) Key steps include allowing the mixture to settle, then slowly pouring the upper liquid layer into a new container to separate it from the coarse solid particles remaining behind.
1) The document describes the process of decantation, which involves separating a liquid layer from solid sediments by carefully pouring off the liquid while leaving the sediments behind.
2) Decantation is used when particles are too fine to be filtered, allowing the mixture to settle so the liquid can be poured off from above the sediments.
3) Key steps include allowing the mixture to settle, then slowly pouring the upper liquid layer into a new container to separate it from the coarse solid particles remaining behind.
1) The document describes the process of decantation, which involves separating a liquid layer from solid sediments by carefully pouring off the liquid while leaving the sediments behind.
2) Decantation is used when particles are too fine to be filtered, allowing the mixture to settle so the liquid can be poured off from above the sediments.
3) Key steps include allowing the mixture to settle, then slowly pouring the upper liquid layer into a new container to separate it from the coarse solid particles remaining behind.
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Duhok polytechnic
university Faculty of Petrochemical Engineering School Mass Transfer
Laboratory of Mass Transfer
EXPERIMENT NUMBER Decantation
Instructor: Mr. Shwan
Author Name: Muhammad Akram Experiment Contacted on: 11/Dec/2017 Report Submitted on: 18/Dec /2013 Group: A INTRODUCTION:
A process for the separation of mixtures,
carefully pouring a solution from a container in order to leave the precipitate (sediments) in the bottom of the original container. Usually a small amount of solution must be left in the container, and care must be taken to prevent a small amount of precipitate from flowing with the solution out of the container. In other words, Decantation is a process by which a liquid layer can be separated from the sediments. IFFERENCE BETWEEN FILTRATION AND DECANTATION:
Filtration is the direct Decantation is pouring the
separation of the entire liquid away from a solution through a filter, precipitated solid, keeping the where the solid is trapped on solid in the original container. the filter and the liquid passes through. WHEN IS IT USED?
Decantation is used when one is separating parts of a mixture
from another and when the particles or sediments are too fine to be filtered from a liquid.
PRINCIPLES:
1) Decantation is the "pouring off" of a liquid from
a solid/liquid mixture. The mixture is allowed to settle, and the liquid is removed while preventing the solid from escaping.
2) Decanting is an effective method because it is simply pouring off
the excess liquid from a product. Apparatus balance: Bunsen burner and hose tongs evaporating dishes (2) watch glass
Procedure:
1. Mixture in the container is allowed to stand
for sometime. 2. The solid particles will settle down in time. 3. The upper layer of the liquid gets cleaner. 4. Separate the coarse particles of a solid from a liquid by pouring the liquid to a new container by the process of decantation. Advantages Disadvantages
a) It cannot be used to a) Decantation is a quick separate a mixture of a liquid method. and a light sold, such as chalk in water. The particles of chalk are suspended in the b) It allows sediment to settle water. They are so light that to the bottom of a container they do not sink down to the over a period of time. It bottom for a long time. cleans portions of a liquid from above the sediment in a b) You won’t recover all of container. the solution. Discussion: Most of the matter we encounter in everyday life consists of mixtures of different substances. Mixtures are combinations of two or more substances in which each substance retains its own chemical identity and therefore its own properties. Whereas pure substances have fixed compositions, the composition of mixtures can vary. For example, a glass of sweetened tea may contain either a little or a lot of sweetener. The substances making up a mixture are called components. Mixtures such as cement, wood, rocks, and soil do not have the same composition, properties, and appearance throughout the mixture. Such mixtures are called heterogeneous. Mixtures that are uniform in composition, properties, and appearance throughout are called homogeneous. Such mixtures include sugar water and air. Homogeneous mixtures are also called solutions. Mixtures are characterized by two fundamental properties:
• Each of the substances in the mixture retains its chemical
identity. • Mixtures are separable into these components by physical means.
If one of the substances in a mixture is preponderant-that is, if its
amount far exceeds the amounts of the other substances in the mixture-then we usually call this mixture an impure substance and speak of the other sub• stances in the mixture as impurities.
HARAM SIDDIQUI - Exercise No. 1 - Demonstration Sessions For Various Purification Techniques Such As Filtration, Decantation, Crystallization, Distillation and Chromatography.
HARAM SIDDIQUI - Exercise No. 1 - Demonstration Sessions For Various Purification Techniques Such As Filtration, Decantation, Crystallization, Distillation and Chromatography.
