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Card 16

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Explain how bonding in diamond gives it this physical property.

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Card 17

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Graphite conducts electricity, which is unusual for a non-metal. Explain why it has this property.

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Card 18

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What is an ore?

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Card 19

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Name a metal that can be extracted by reducing its oxide with carbon.

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Card 20

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What is electrolysis?

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Card 21

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Why can a molten ionic crystal act as an electrolyte?

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Card 22

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Describe what happens at the electrodes during the electrolysis of molten aluminium oxide.

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Card 23

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What do the terms reduced and oxidised mean?

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Card 24

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Why are metals able to conduct electricity?

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Card 25

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Why have metals got high melting and boiling points?

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