Filter Experiment

Apparatus
Filter Paper
Retort Stand
Retort Ring
Beakers
Sand & Pebble Mixture
Wire Gauze Mat
Funnel
Sheet of Paper
Spatula
Method
1. Filter the sand and pebble mixture over a wire gauze mat onto a
sheet of paper.
2. Fold a Flutter Filter Paper and place in a funnel that is placed in a
retort ring connected to a retort stand.
3. Make sand slurry mixing water and the filtered sand and pour into
the filter paper to filter through into a beaker.
4. Preserve the filtered liquid.
Observations
Slow progress
Clean water comes out although not completely filtered

Unfiltered Pebbles on Gauze Sand Slurry ready to be The experiment in progress

Mat Step 1 filtered Step 3 the water slowly being
3 filtered