Tincture of iodine is a mixture of two materials X and Y. The material Y has a property that its solid form can be converted directly into vapours on heating by a process called Z.
(a) What could X be?
(b) What could Y be?
(c) Name the process Z.
(d) Which process would you use to recover both the components X and Y from tincture of iodine?
(e) Which process can be used to recover only component Y from tincture of iodine?
(a) Alcohol
(b) Iodine
(c) The process of sublimation is used to separate those substances from a mixture which sublime oh heating. Iodine has the property to sublime.
(d) Distillation is a method used for the separation of components of a mixture containing two miscible liquids that boil without decomposition and have sufficient difference in their boiling points.
(e) Evaporation is used to separate a solid substance that has dissolved in water.