You are given a mixture of sand , water and mustart oil .How will you separate the components of this mixture ?

Explanation

This mixture contains three components : sand , water and mustard oil ,Now , sand is a solid which is insoluble in water as well as mustard oil ,Water and mustard ol are immiscible liquids .
(i) The mixture of sand water and mustard ,oil is filtered ,sand is left on the fiter paper as residue . water and mustard oil collect as filtrate.
(ii) THe filtrate containing water and mustard oil is put in a separating funnel ,water forms the lower layer and mustard oil forms the upper layer in separating funnel ,water forms the lower layer of water is run out first by opening the stop - cock of the separating funnel ,Mustard oil remains behind in the separating funnel and can be removed separately .