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    May 20, 2015, 08:15 PM
    The best way to separate a mixture of iron fillings and sand is to use filtering.
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    May 20, 2015, 10:06 PM
    There are other more efficient ways available..
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    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 !
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    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.
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    May 21, 2015, 11:14 AM
    The earth has 2 ----poles. You can figure it out.
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    May 21, 2015, 02:12 PM
    Microscope and a set of tweezers and a lot of time.
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    Jul 19, 2015, 06:38 AM
    Iron has got magnetic properties. So instead use magnetism as method to separate iron fillings from sand.
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