Metal extraction

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edexel igcse Chemistry Mapa Mental sobre Metal extraction, creado por younje2011 el 08/01/2014.
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Metal extraction
  1. a metal above carbon in the reactivity series will be extracted by electrolysis
    1. a metal below carbon in the reactivity series (zinc to silver) will be extracted fromits ore by heating with carbon
      1. Extraction of Aluminium
        1. Al is more reactive than C so electrolysis is used
          1. Aluminium ore is called BAUXITE
            1. Contains aluminium oxide, water, iron oxide, and other impurities. The purified dry ore is aluminium oxide, Al2O3
              1. must be molten for electrolysis to work, so that ions are free to move
                1. Melting point of 2040 degrees celcius
                  1. Al can be dissolved in cryolite acts as a solvent
                    1. Cryolite metls at about 900 degrees celcius meaning that electrolysis can occour at 950 degrees celcius
                      1. this reduces the cost of electricity wich reduces the cost of the process
                        1. equations
                          1. 1/2 equations
                            1. at the anode
                              1. 2O2- -> O2 + 4e-
                              2. at the cathode
                                1. Al 3+ + 3e- -> Al
                              3. overall reaction
                                1. aluminium oxide -> aluminium + oxygen
                                  1. 2Al2O3 -> 4Al + 3O2
                                2. the anode
                                  1. carbon + oxygen -> carbon dioxide
                                    1. C + O2 -> CO2
                2. Uses of Al
                  1. overhead cables
                    1. low density (light)
                      1. ductile and conducts electricity
                      2. aircraft bodies
                        1. low density (light)
                          1. corrosion resistant
                      3. Extraction of Iron
                        1. Fe is LESS REACTIVE THAN C so is extracted from its ore by REDUCTION USING C
                          1. using the BLAST FURNACE
                            1. main or in Fe is HAEMATITE
                              1. impure Fe2O3
                                1. contains mainly SILICA/sand (SiO2)
                                  1. LIMESTONE is added which reacts with the silica to form molten calcium silicate (slag) in the blast furnace
                                    1. Slag FLOATS on top of the liquid iron
                                      1. as Fe is bellow C in the R.S. Fe ions int the Iron ore are REDUCED to Iron metal by HEATING WITH CARBON (coke- purified form of coal)
                                        1. NOTE it is actually CARBON MONOXIDE that dose the reducing in the blast furnace
                                          1. the temperature were reduction takes places is 1500 degrees celcius
                                            1. Fe falls to the bottom of the furnace were the temperature is 2000 degrees celcius
                                              1. Fe is liquid at this temperature and is tapped off periodically
                                  2. Equations
                                    1. Carbon (C) + Oxygen (O) -> Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
                                      1. Carbon Dioxide (CO2) + Carbon (C) -> Carbon Monoxide (2CO)
                                        1. Iron (lll) oxide (Fe2O3) + Carbon Monoxide (3CO) -> Iron (2Fe) + Carbon Dioxide (3CO2)
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