K D Ambani Vidyamandir, Reliance Greens

Session 2019-2020

Chemistry – Worksheet

Topic: General Principles of Extraction of Elements

Name: _______________________ Date: ____________

Class: XII Sec: ________ Roll No.: __________

Q.1 Out of C and CO, which is a better reducing agent at 673 K?

Q.2 What is the role of depressant in froth floatation process?

Q.3 Why copper matte is put in silica lined converter?

Q.4 Describe a method for refining nickel.

Q.5 Why copper matte is put in silica lined converter?

Q6. What is the role of cryolite in the metallurgy of aluminium?

Q.7 How can you separate alumina from silica in a bauxite ore associated with silica? Give equations, if any.

Q.8 Why is zinc not extracted from zinc oxide through reduction using CO?

Q.9 State the role of silica in the metallurgy of copper.

Q.10 Copper can be extracted by hydrometallurgy but not zinc. Explain.

Q.11 Why the reduction of a metal oxide is easier if the metal formed is in liquid state at the temperature of
reduction?

Q.12 What is pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy.

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