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How could you separate sand and salt from a mixture of sand and salt?

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Combine the mixture with water, the salt will dissolve leaving sand and a saline solution, filter out the sand with filter paper or by vacuum desiccation, take the saline solution distill it through a condenser pipe. Hope that helps

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