The water with the impurities is carefully poured away leaving clean rice at the bottom. This is called decantation.
1. This process is done after sedimentation.
2. The supernatant liquid is slowly poured out from the container without disturbing the sediment.
3. The part that has settled down is called sediment.
4. The water that is obtained after decantation is called the decantate.
5. The process of removal of water above the sediment is called decantation.
6. But even after decantation the water is not completely free from fine soil particles.
7. By the process of filtration, we can remove soil particles.
