Pyrohydrolysis is a sample preparation technique widely employed for the separation of fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, boron and sulphur from solid samples which include refractive materials that are difficult to dissolve. There is a growing interest in the application of this technique to samples of diverse nature. Pyrohydrolysis is based on the principle that pulverization of a soild sample due to the combined action of heat and steam at high temperature produces volatile compounds of the analytes which are trapped in an alkaline solution for subsequent analysis. Studies reported in the recent past have investigated the effect of various pyrohydrolysis conditions required to pulverise the matrix as well as to convert the analytes into their volatile oxides. Hence, the physico-chemical investigation on one type of the sample is different from the other and such information is very useful while dealing with a new material for its pyrohydrolysis. This mini review is an attempt to highlight a few pyrohydrolytic separations which have significant importance.