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Describe pyrometallurgy.

Important Questions on General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Metals (Metallurgy)

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During the extraction of copper, the impurity FeS is removed as slag by mixing the contaminated copper ore with silica and coke. The molecular formula of slag is
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Which of the following metals cannot be obtained by auto-reduction of their compounds?
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Which among following processes occurs at 1500 K in blast furnace for extraction of iron 
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Name the most common ore of the metal aluminium from which the metal is extracted. Write the chemical formula of the ore.
MEDIUM

Identify the auto reduction reactions from the following:

a) Fe3O4+4CO3Fe+4CO2

b) Cu2O+12Cu2S3Cu+12SO2

c) PbS+2PbO3Pb+SO2

d) Cu2O+C2Cu+CO

EASY
Among the reactions a-d, the reaction(s) that does/do not occur in the blast furnace during the extraction of iron is/are:
a CaO+SiO2CaSiO3
b 3Fe2O3+CO2Fe3O4+CO2
c FeO+SiO2FeSiO3
d FeOFe+12O2
EASY
In the extraction of copper from its sulphide ore, metal is finally obtained by the oxidation of cuprous sulphide with: