How can you obtain pure water from a salt-water mixture $($or salt-solution$)?$ Draw a meat and labelled diagram of the apparatus you would use to obtain pure water from a salt-water mixture $($or salt-solution$).$
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A mixture of common salt and water can be separated completely by the process of distillation. The distillation can be used to separate a liquid from dissolved non-volatile solids. The salt water mixture is taken in the distillation flask $A$ and heated. Some porcelain pieces are put in the distillation flask to avoid bumping of the solution due to uneven heating. On heating, water forms vapours which rise up and come out through the side tube $B$ of the distillation flask, and go into water condenser $C.$ Cold water from tap is circulated through the outer tube of condenser for cooling the vapours. The hot vapours get cooled in the condenser to form pure water (i.e. distilled water) which trickles down from the condenser and collects in the beaker $D.$ Since the salt is non-volatile, so it remains behind in the distillation flask.
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