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Which of these mixtures would best be separated through distillation

Dry ice and ice
Soil and water
Water and acetone
Iron and sand

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Answer: Water and acetone

Explanation: you will find that the water and the soil are polar opposite, while the principal component of the water are Hydrogen and Oxygen, in the acetone you will find a change of carbon, the components from each molecule confer to each one specific physical properties for example the boiling point, and the distillation is a physical separation based on the boiling point.

then you can find the boiling point of the water in 100 °C, and the boiling point of the acetone is 56 °C, this give as a difference of 44 °C,

then while the acetone is boiling the water is liquid state, and this give us the opportunity to the separate the acetone in gas state by condensation after the boiling.