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How do you separate salt, sand, iron fillings and leadshot from eachother?

April 26, 2017Chemistry fillings iron Mathematics Salt Sand separate

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How do you separate salt, sand, iron fillings and leadshot from eachother?

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Iron filings and leadshot can be removed with a magnet, and then separated with a seive since leadshot is much larger. Salt will dissolve in water, so filtering will leave sand, and evaporating the water will give the salt.