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Card 16

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Metals more reactive than carbon are extracted by electrolysis

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Card 17

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What is smelting?

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Card 18

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Copper can be extracted from its ore by smelting

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Card 19

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What is phytomining?

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Card 20

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What is bioleaching?

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Card 21

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Why is extraction expensive?

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Card 22

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Iron from the blast surface contains about 96% iron. Impurities makes the iron brittle so it has limited uses

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Card 23

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Low carbon steels are easily shaped whereas high carbon steels are hard

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Card 24

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Some metals are mixed with small amounts of similar metals to make them harder e.g copper,gold,iron

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Card 25

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Transition metals are good conductors of heat and electricity and can be bent into shape

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