How Can You Accurately Separate and Quantify Components in a Mixed Sample Lab?

[Kaura]

Homework Statement

In this lab we are going to be given a mixture containing sodium chloride [NaCl], silicon dioxide [SiO2], Iron filings [Fe], and calcium carbonate [CaCO3]
The goal of the lab is to use separation and measurement techniques to determine the percent by mass of each specie in the original sample

Homework Equations

The lab book gives a list of methods of separation that I suppose are what we should resort to using in the lab
These methods are Filtration, Evaporation, Chromatography, Distillation, Centrifugation, and Sedimentation
In addition
NaCl is the only soluble compound
Fe is the only magnetic substance
CaCO3 exclusively reacts with HCl
CaCO3 + 2HCl -> CaCl2 + CO2 + H2O
I am not sure if we will be given HCl or a magnet though

The Attempt at a Solution

Since the NaCl is the only soluble compound we can dissolve it in water, remove the other precipitants, and evaporate the water to determine its mass
I don't know if HCl or magnets will be provided or allowed for use but I think they can be used to determine the amount of CaCO3 and Fe respectively
I just have a feeling that the methods in the lab book listed above are the ones that we are supposed to use so is there any easier and more precise method to separate the species?

 

[Borek]

You are on the right track.