C1 3.1 Extracting Metals

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Where are metals found?
In the earths crust.
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What are metals often combined with?
Other chemical elements.
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What must we do to a metal compound before we use it?
Separate it from its compounds.
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What is an ore?
A solid material from which a metal or valuable mineral can be extracted profitably.
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What does extracting a metal depend on?
How easy it is to extract it from its ore and How much metal the ore contains.
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Name two metals that are found in the earth pure.
Gold and Silver
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Why are gold and silver found as themselves (pure) in the earth?
Because they are so unreactive.
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What do we say nonreactive metals are found in?
Native State
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What does the way we extract a metal depend on?
Its place in the reactivity series.
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Between a more reactive metal and a less reactive metal, which will displace the other?
The more reactive will displace the less reactive from their oxides.
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A metal cannot be extracted from its ore using carbon. Where is this metal in the reactivity series?
Above carbon.
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What are metals called when combined with oxygen?
Metal Oxides.
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Metals that are less reactive than carbon can be extracted by...
carbon.
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Metals more reactive than carbon can be extracted by...
Electrolysis.
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What is the removal of oxygen from a compound called?
A reduction reaction.
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Write a word equation for the reduction reaction of lead oxide and carbon.
lead oxide + carbon --> lead + carbon dioxide.
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What metal is at the top of the reactivity series?
Potassium
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What metal is at the bottom of the reactivity series?
Platinum
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