Guatemala City - Contemporary times. 1  Santiago Garcia-Salas City serves as the economic, governmental, and cultural epicenter of the nation of Guatemala.
Immiscible liquids. Oil and water can be separated using a funnel. Immiscible means that the liquids don't dissolve in each other â oil and water are an example. It is possible to shake up the liquids and get them to mix but they soon separate. Separating immiscible liquids is done simply using a separating funnel. The two liquids are put into the funnel and are left for a short time to settle out and form two layers.
A standard method used for this task is an extraction or often also referred to as washing. Strictly speaking, the two operations are targeting different parts in the mixture: while the extraction removes the target compound from an impure matrix, the washing removes impurities from the target compound i.e., water by extraction with saturated sodium chloride solution.