Question

A student has been assigned with the task to separate oil from water. He would go for which of the following separation process? plz help me as this is really confusing to me

Answer 1

Answer:

A separating funnel is used for the separation of components of a mixture between two immiscible liquid phases. One phase is the aqueous phase and the other phase is an organic solvent. This separation is based on the differences in the densities of the liquids. The liquid having more density forms the lower layer and the liquid having less density forms the upper layer.

Applications:  

To separate a mixture of oil and water.

To separate a mixture of kerosene oil and water.

You can also apply Paper Chromatography and simple distillation process.

Answer 2

Answer:

by separating funnel

..it is used to separate immiscible liquids....for more information refer to the snap of the page of my book