Separating Mixtures: Can You Design a Device to Do It ...
You will determine how well your method works based on the yield and purity of your results. Yield is how much of something you end up with. For example, if you have a mixture of salt, sand, and iron filings, and there is 1 cup (C) of each in the mixture, and you are able to separate out ½ C of the iron filings, your yield for the iron filings ...