Why is separating mixtures' components by physical means easier than by chemical means?

Expert Solution

As we know the components of a mixture are not chemically bonded to one another and can be separated by physical means so they do not need to separate by chemical methods.

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Consider a mixture of sand and sugar and table salt.. You could use the physical property of solubility to separate the three. Pouring water over the mixture would allow the sugar and salt to dissolve, leaving the sand. The sugar could be recovered by adding an organic solvent which would not dissolve the salt and would create a separate phase from the aqueous solution. These phases could be separated and evaporated leaving the salt and sugar in solid form again

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