Are there THREE common solutions mutually non-miscible??

Subject: Are there THREE common solutions mutually non-miscible??

Date: Thu Oct 14 19:12:41 1999
Posted by Mike Warme
Grade level: 7-9 School: Noorvik Jr/Sr High
City: Noorvik State/Province: AK Country: USA
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 939942761.Ch

Message:


Kids love to shake my bottle of corn oil and water and watch the solutions
seperate back to their heavier and lighter levels. Are there THREE common 
solutions I can layer into a bottle so that after  shaking, the
tumbling mixture  reverts back to three, seperate, immiscible solutions. I
tried glycerin but it mixed with the oil. I color each solution too for 
effect. Liquid mercury hasn't been tried! as isn't it too dangerous? 
Thank you. Mike Warme (

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