Take water mixed with chalk powder in a bottle. Tie a string to the bottle and swirl it at high speed along a circular path. Observe after sometime.Repeat the activity using other mixtures which are suspensions. To which method of separation of components of a mixture can this be connected? Are there instances where this principle is made use of. Prepare a note.

Take water mixed with chalk powder in a bottle. Tie a string to the bo

1.	Take water mixed with chalk powder in a bottle. Tie a string to the bottle and swirl it at high speed along a circular path. Observe after sometime.Repeat the activity using other mixtures which are suspensions. To which method of separation of components of a mixture can this be connected? Are there instances where this principle is made use of. Prepare a note.
Answer» Centrifugation is the method used. This is a method for separating components from a mixture, based on the difference in the mass of particles. This method is used in clinical laboratories to separate blood cells from blood samples and also for separation of butter from curd.