How could you separate zinc chloride from #SiO_2#?

1 Answer
Sep 16, 2016

Dissolve the zinc chloride up in a suitable solvent.

Explanation:

And a suitable solvent would be water or even ethanol. Silicon dioxide, a non-molecular species, would be completely insoluble in these solvents. Filter off the silicon oxide, and don't cut your hands on the glass particles.