Separation Techniques 1

In this lesson, we were asked to separate a mixture of sand, water and salt which is also called a suspension. We poured the mixture into a filter paper which was folded in to a cone like shape. I was surprised when the filtrate came out as i thought it would still be not clear, but instead it was crystal clear. We then poured the filtrate into a evaporation disk and started boiling it. We separated salt from salt water!!!