Purification of a Mixture

Assignment Purification of a Mixture

INTRODUCTION

Mixtures obtained from the biosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere or atmosphere can be industrially separated into their constituents. Petrol for example is obtained from crude oil found in the lithosphere.

RESEARCH SKILLS

When researching this assignment you will access a variety of secondary resources including web sites and textbooks.

Please include a detailed bibliography

You should also consider both the validity and reliability of your sources.

Reliability
How consistent is the information with information from other reputable sources?
Validity
How was the information gathered? Do the findings relate to the hypothesis or problem? Do you consider the authors and publishers of the information have sufficient credentials to be trustworthy?

TASK

Prepare a short report describing the industrial separation processes used on crude oil obtained from the lithosphere. (max length – 2 pages, max file size – 2MB)

MARKING CRITERIA

In your assignment make sure you include the following points:

include details of the separation process used identify the property of the mixture that is used in the separation process
Use a table to identify the products of separation and their potential uses include a labelled diagram showing a fractionating column describe the possible and probable uses of any waste products discuss the validity of the secondary sources you used discuss the reliability of the secondary sources you used