How might you separate a mixture of iron filings and salt?

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anor277
May 14, 2017

Got a magnet............?

Explanation:

Of course you could do the separation chemically. Dissolve the salt up in water, pass thru a filter, wash the iron filings with ethanol, which would encourage the salt to precipitate from solution. Separation accomplished............

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