You are provided with a mixture of naphthalene and ammonium chloride by your teacher Suggest an acti...

Question

You are provided with a mixture of naphthalene and ammonium chloride by your teacher Suggest an activity to separate them with a welllabelled diagram

Accepted Answer

Naphthalene is a nonpolar compound which will not dissolve in water Similarly ammonium chloride is a polar compound which is soluble in water Naphthalene is volatile in room temperature whereas ammonium chloride is volatile at high temperature The mixture of Naphthalene and ammonium chloride can be separated by decantation of aqueous mixture Naphthalene remains undissolved in water and can be taken out in a funnel The filtrate of ammonium chloride can be evaporated to obtain dry ammonium chloride

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