Identify The Relationship Between Mixtures And Physical Differences

The first hypothesis that I wrote, which states that I would be able to separate the components of a mixture and identify the relationship between mixtures and physical changes if I used the components’ differences in characteristic properties and the three processes of sublimation, filtration, and evaporation, is true. Firstly, I was able to separate the components of a mixture into its three components: sand (SiO2), Ammonium Chloride (NH4Cl), and salt (NaCl). I was able to accomplish this by taking advantage of the characteristic differences of the three substances (sand does not dissolve in water while salt does and ammonium chloride is the only substance in the mixture that goes through sublimation when heated), and applying that knowledge to the usage of sublimation, filtration, and evaporation as tools to separate out the substances from the mixture.

Since I was able to separate out the sand (SiO2), Ammonium Chloride (NH4Cl), and salt (NaCl) from a mixture using physical changes, it stands to reason that a mixture is composed of substances that have been physically combined; therefore, the mixture is able to be separated using physical changes. Furthermore, my second hypothesis, which states that I would be able to calculate the percentage of each substance and the approximate mass of each substance in the mixture if I measured the mass of the mixture before and after it goes through sublimation, filtration, and evaporation and subtracted the after values from the before values, is partially true. For one thing, I was able to find the masses of sand (SiO2), Ammonium Chloride (NH4Cl), and salt (NaCl) to be 6.158 grams, 1.222 grams, and 2.620 grams respectively. This is because I subtracted the measured before and after values for each substance as it was eliminated from the mixture through sublimation, filtration, and