Tag: non-metals
Questions Related to non-metals
Blister copper is:
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pure copper
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ore of copper
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alloy of copper
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impure copper
Silver can be separated from lead by:
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fractional crystallization
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amalgamation
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cupellation
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addition of zinc
Statement: Valuable gemstones such as rubies and sapphire contain aluminium oxides along with traces of transition metals as impurities.
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True
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False
Sapphire is a gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum, an aluminium oxide. It is typically blue, but natural "fancy" sapphires also occur in yellow, purple, orange, and green colours.
The only colour which sapphire cannot be is red – as red-coloured corundum is called ruby. Rubies are crystalline forms of aluminium oxide, which are red due to the presence of chromium as an impurity.
A rare variety of natural sapphire, known as colour-change sapphire, exhibits different colours in a different light.
The colour-change effect is caused by the interaction of the sapphire, which absorbs specific wavelengths of light, and the light source, whose spectral output varies depending upon the illuminant.
Transition-metal impurities in the sapphire, such as chromium and vanadium, are responsible for the colour change.
Aluminium metal is purified by:
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Hoopes process
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Halls process
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Serpecks process
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Baeyers process
Froth floatation process is used for the concentration of the ore of:
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$Fe$
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$Al$
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$Cr$
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$S$
The material mixed before ore is subjected for smelting in the extraction of iron are:
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cake and silica
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coke and limestone
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limestone and silica
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coke, limestone and silika
Smelting is a form of extraction metallurgy. Its main purpose is to get pure metal from th ore. Coke and limestone are added. Coke acts as an reducing agent and limestone acts as a flux. Concentrated ore of iron i.e. haemetite is used.
Which of the following non-metal is a good conductor of electricity?
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Graphite
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Hydrogen
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Phosphorous
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Bromine
Graphite is a non-metal. Generally, non-metals are bad conductors of electricity but graphite is an exception. Because the structure of graphite is in such a way that electrons can move freely and conduct electricity. Due to this property, it is used in making of pencil cells.
Heamatite ore is concentrated by:
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gravity separation method
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forth floatation
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amalgamation
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hand picking
Heamatite is an iron oxide with a chemical composition of $Fe _2O _3$. Gravity Separation or Hydraulic Washing (Levigation)
Which non-metallic element is in liquid form?
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Carbon
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Hydrogen
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Bromine
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Phosphorous
Bromine is a halogen and a non metal. It is a red brown liquid at room temperature. Its atomic number is 35. It belongs to fourth period and $VII :A$ group of the periodic table.
In general, the number of electrons in the outermost shell of a metal atom is:
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1
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1-3
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1-8
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8
Metals have 1-3 electrons in their outermost orbit. They are present on the extreme left of the periodic table. They tend to donate electrons and obtain the stable electronic configuration of the nearest noble gas. The valency on metals also ranges from 1-3.