Separation processes or a separation method or simply a separation is methodology to attain any mass transfer phenomenon that convert a mixture of substances into two or more distinct product mixtures.

NEED OF SEPARATION TECHNIQUES:

1. TO IDENTIFY WHAT TO BE SEPARATED FROM MIXTURE
2. TO OBTAIN IMPORTANT AND PURE SUBSTANCES.
3. TO REMOVE UNWANTED PARTICLES.

MAGNETIC SEPARATION: Takes advantage of physical property of magnetism, so it useful only for certain substances such as ferromagnetic (materials strongly affected by magnetic fields) and paramagnetic (materials that are less affected, but the effect is still noticeable).

FILTRATION: Mechanical, physical or biological operations that separates solids from fluids (liquids or gases ) by adding a medium through which only the fluid can pass can be called as filtration.

DISTILLATION: Distillation is an effective method to separate mixtures comprised of two or more pure liquids (called “components”).

CRYSTALLIZATION: Crystallization is the (natural or artificial) process by which a solid forms, where the atoms or molecules are highly organized into a structure known as a crystal.

CHROMATOGRAPHY: Chromatography is a separation technique used to separate the different components in a liquid mixture. The mixture is dissolved in a fluid called the mobile phase, which carries it through a structure holding another material called the stationary phase.

EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES: Involves the separation of medicinally active portions of plant or animal tissues from the inactive or inert components by using selective solvents in standard extraction procedures.

Regards,

Angelina Matthew,

Managing Editor,

Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry

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