Extraction of Crude Metals from Concentrated Ores

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Extraction of Crude Metals from Concentrated Ores: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Calcination and Roasting and Advantages of Calcination and Roasting

Important Questions on Extraction of Crude Metals from Concentrated Ores

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Sulphide ore on roasting gives a gas X. X reacts with Cl2 in the presence of activated charcoal to give Y. Y is :

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Roasting of sulphides gives the gas X as a by-product. This is a colourless gas with choking smell of burnt sulphur and causes great damage to respiratory organs as a result of acid rain. Its aqueous solution is acidic, acts as a reducing agent and its acid has never been isolated. The gas X is

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Give details (with examples) of the calcination and Roasting. Also mention the difference between them.

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Among the following, how many ores are roasted to convert them into their corresponding metal oxides, alumina, zinc blende, iron pyrites, copper pyrites, galena.

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Sometimes roasting may not bring about complete oxidation:

 2CuFeS2+4O2A+2FeO+3SO2 

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