Question

A mixture of milk and water can be separated by filtration.
A) True
B) False

Answer 1

Hint: Filtration method can be used to separate the solid particles from the liquid which are present in the liquid solution. One can think about the mixture solution of milk and water and apply the concept of the filtration process.

Complete step by step answer:

1) First of all we will learn about the concept filtration process thoroughly where it can be defined as the process of separation of solid particles present in the liquid solution by using a filter having a specific type of pore size.
2) Now that there are two types of mixture solutions and we will discuss them in detail,
i) The first type of mixture is a homogeneous mixture that has uniform particles throughout the solution or a medium. When a homogenous mixture is a mixture of a solid dissolved in a liquid is also called a solution. The mixture of different gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and water vapor that is air is a homogeneous mixture.
ii) Now the second type is the heterogeneous mixture which is a mixture that is not uniform throughout the solution or a medium which means the components of the mixture are distributed unequally.
3) The mixture of milk and water is a homogeneous mixture as when mixed the milk gets equally distributed all over the mixture. Milk gets totally dissolved in water and forms a uniform solution.
4) As the mixture of milk and water is homogeneous we can't separate it by using a filter. Therefore, the given statement is FALSE.

Note:
During the process of filtration the fluid that gets passed through the filter sieve is called the filtrate. The different filter medium can be a surface filter or depth filter. The surface filter is a solid filter that traps solid particles by using a typical pore size filter. The depth filter only traps solid particles and can be used for a mixture of solid and liquid solutions.