View Full Version : The best way to separate a mixture of iron fillings and sand is to use filtering.
Love2003
May 20, 2015, 08:15 PM
Is it
Curlyben
May 20, 2015, 10:06 PM
There are other more efficient ways available..
tickle
May 21, 2015, 02:20 AM
Love123, it is iron FILINGS one L and depending on how old you are, I am surprised you don't know !
CravenMorhead
May 21, 2015, 06:35 AM
There is another process that is simpler and exploits a physical property that Iron has that sand doesn't.
ma0641
May 21, 2015, 11:14 AM
The earth has 2 ----poles. You can figure it out.
smoothy
May 21, 2015, 02:12 PM
Microscope and a set of tweezers and a lot of time.
kreysiz
Jul 19, 2015, 06:38 AM
Iron has got magnetic properties. So instead use magnetism as method to separate iron fillings from sand.