Getting Metals From Rocks

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  • Created on: 17-05-14 15:37
What is a metal ore?
A rock which contains enough metals which is worth the metal being extracted
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What from is the metal normally in?
An oxide of the metal
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How are most metals extracted by their ores?
Using a chemical reaction
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The two main chemical reactions are called?
Reduction and Electrolysis
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Any metal can be extracted from its ore chemically by reduction with carbon?
False
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Reduction with carbon can only be done to elements...
Higher in the reactivity series
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Reduction can only happen to certain metals in the reactivity series because...
Carbon can only take the oxygen away from metals which are less reactive than carbon itself
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