Chemistry question?

Question: If an initial solid consisted of primarily one component (benzoic acid), with a small amount of an insoluble contaminant added. How might a solid mixture containing two major components be separated.?

Answer: they can be separated through a recrystallization experiment, where the solid is dissovled in a sample, heated to a temperature where one dissolves and the other does not, then it is filtered which separates out the undissolved solid, and the hot solution containing your solid of interest is cooled back down, crystallizing the second component to a pure solid.

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