Metals and their uses

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What is the definition of an ore?
An ore contains enough metal to make it economic to extract the metal
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What must happen to ores before the metal is extracted and purified?
The ore must be mined and concentrated
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Metals that are less reactive than carbon can be extracted from their oxides by?
Reduction with carbon
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Metals that are more reactive than carbon, such as aluminium are extracted by?
Electrolysis
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Why are metals that are extracted by electrolysis expensive?
The use of large amounts of energy in extraction
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Copper can be extracted from copper-rich ores by heating the ores in a furnace this is also known as?
Smelting
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How can the copper be purifed?
By electrolysis
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Phytomining and bioleaching are.. than smelting?
More environmentally friendly
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What is used in bioleaching to break the bonds of copper compound and make a leachate solution?
Bacteria
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What can be obtained from solutions of copper salts by electrolysis or by displacement using scrap iron?
Copper
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During electrolysis the positive metal ions move towards the negative electrode. Why does this happen?
Because opposite charges attract
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Why can't aluminium and titanium be extracted from their oxides by reduction with carbon?
They are more reactive than carbon
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What percentage of iron do Iron from the blast furnace contain?
96%
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What makes iron brittle?
Impurites
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What is a steel?
An alloy that contains mixtures of iron and carbon
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What is a specific property of a low carbon steels?
They are easily shaped
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What is a specfic property of high carbon steels?
They are hard
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What is a specific property of stainless steels?
They are resistant to corrosion
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Pure copper, gold, iron, aluminium are too soft, what are these metals mixed with to make them harder?
Small amounts of similar metals
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What is the defintion of an alloy?
A mixture of metals
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Why are alloys stronger than pure metals?
The metals are different sizes and therefore the layers cannot slide over each other
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