Metals and their uses

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Why can gold be found in the Earth's crust in its native state?
Gold is very unreactive
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Why is aluminium extracted from aluminium ore by electrolysis?
Aluminium is more reactive than carbon
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Why is iron extracted from iron ore by reduction with carbon or carbon monoxide?
Iron is less reactive than carbon.
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What happens to iron oxide in a blast furnace?
It is reduced to form iron
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In comparison with steel, what is pure iron like?
Softer
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What is the percentage of iron in the iron from a blast furnace?
96%
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Which type of steel is likely to be used for making cutlery?
Stainless steel
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What process is used to purify copper?
Electrolysis
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Why is titanium expensive to extract from its ore?
Titanium is expensive to extract from it's ore because several stages are involved in the extraction process.
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Phytomining involves:
using plants to absorb metal compounds
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Copper can be obtained by reacting solutions of copper compounds with scrap iron. This sort of reaction is called:
The reaction is called displacement
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