Solid-solid separation

thumb|right|Laboratory sieves thumb|An ami shakushi, a Japanese ladle or scoop that may be used to remove small drops of batter during the frying of [[tempura]] thumb|ancient sieve

extraction of some soluble substances from a solid materials into a liquid

process of separating components of mixtures by using magnets

machine separating materials

practice of separating granulated ore material by particle size

large sieve