Question

26. A child wants to separate the mixture of dyes constituting the sample of ink. He

marked a line on the filter paper and placed the filter paper in a glass containing

water as shown in fig. The filter paper was removed when the water moved near

the top of the filter paper.

(a) What would you expect to see , if the ink contain three different colored

components?

(b) Name the techniques used by the child.

(c) Suggest one more application of this technique.hy​

Answer 1

Explanation:

a) We will see that the colours contained in the dye will separate according to their density and we will be able to separate them out.

b) The child has used the technique called Chromatography.

c) This technique is also used to separate drugs from blood and pigments from natural colours.

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