Filtration

Okay kiddo, let's start with a simple explanation of filtration. Do you know what a strainer is? It’s like a kitchen utensil that you use to strain spaghetti so that you separate the noodles from the water, right?

Well, filtration is just like that, but on a much smaller scale. Instead of separating noodles and water, we use a filter to separate different kinds of particles or materials from a liquid or gas.

For example, imagine you have a glass of dirty water. It has lots of dirt and dust particles floating around in it. We can filter the water by pouring it through a filter, which traps the dirt and dust particles and allows only the clean water to pass through.

Filters can be made of different materials depending on what you want to filter out. Some filters are made of paper or fabric, while others are made of sand, gravel, or even carbon. Different filters can remove different things, like bacteria, chemicals, or even tiny particles that the human eye can’t see.

So now you know that filtration is a process to separate different particles or materials from a liquid or gas using a filter. Isn't that cool, kiddo?