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Lesson: Chapter 3 — Mixtures

3.3. Separating the components 1 of 6

Question 1

What does every separation technique in this chapter depend on?

The right answer is the one marked above.

A difference in some physical property. Each technique finds a physical property in which the components differ and then exploits that difference.

A difference in chemical reactivity would mean a reaction, and a reaction changes the components — which is precisely what separating a mixture must not do.

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