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Field Trip: Visit a milk dairy and note down the at least two separating techniques used there.

Two separating techniques used there are


a) Centrifugation : To obtain cream from raw milk. A rotating machine knowns as centrifuge is used.


b) Evaporation : After getting raw milk from farmers, it is evaporated so as to get its condensed form which is then mixed with small amount of sugar and packed in can.


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