foreign is what is decantation [Music] decantation is the process of separating the components of a mixture by pouring the liquid component from one container to another without disturbing the lower layer or sediments in a mixture foreign tation is used to separate solids from liquids let's take a look at these examples the sand in a sand and water mixture can be separated from Water by letting the sand settle at the bottom of the container then carefully pouring the water into another container [Music] gigantation is also applied when washing rice grains before cooking in this process water is poured out slowly from the pot leaving the rice grains behind the water decanted from the rice grains after washing contains impurities that are likewise removed from rice foreign liquids such as oil and water one substance stays on top of the other substance in the container one way of separating substances in such mixtures is through decantation in the case of the oil and water mixture oil can be separated by decanting or slowly pouring it into another container leaving the water behind [Music] foreign [Music]