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Highly electropositive metals cannot be extracted by carbon reduction process because, these:

  1. metals combine with carbon to form carbides

  2. metals do not react with carbon

  3. metal oxides are not reduced by carbon

  4. loss of metal is more in vaporisation


Correct Option: A,D
Explanation:

Highly electropositive metals cannot be extracted by carbon reduction process because of two reasons
(i) Metals combine with carbon to form carbides.
(ii) Loss of metal is more in vaporization.

For which of the following metal, the carbon reduction cannot be used?

  1. Lead

  2. Manganese

  3. Tungsten

  4. Iron


Correct Option: B,C
Explanation:

The carbon reduction cannot be used for manganese and tungsten. This is because manganese and tungsten react with carbon to form manganese carbide and tungsten carbide respectively.

Of the following reduction processes, correct processes are :

  1. $Fe _{2}O _{3}$ + $C$ $\rightarrow$ $Fe$

  2. $ZnO$ + $C$ $\rightarrow$ $Zn$

  3. $Ca _{3}(PO _{4}) _{2}$ + $C$ $\rightarrow$ $P$

  4. $PbO$ + $C$ $\rightarrow$ $Pb$


Correct Option: A,B,C,D
Explanation:

(A) Carbon reduces ferric oxide to iron. $Fe _2O _3+3C \rightarrow 2Fe + 3CO$.
Thus option A is correct.
(B) Carbon reduces zinc oxide to zinc. $ZnO+C \rightarrow {\triangle} {1673  K} Zn + CO \uparrow$.
Thus option B is correct.
(C) In presence of silica, carbon reduces calcium phosphate to free phosphorus.
$2 Ca _3(PO _4) _2 + 9 SiO _2 + 16 C  \rightarrow 6 CaSiO _3 + P _4 + 16 CO$
Thus option C is correct.
(D) Carbon reduces lead oxide to lead. $2PbO+C \rightarrow 2Pb+CO _2$.
Thus option D is correct.

Metals which can be extracted by smelting process are :

  1. $Pb$

  2. $Fe$

  3. $Zn$

  4. $Al$


Correct Option: A,B,C
Explanation:

Lead, iron and zinc can be extracted by smelting process . Aluminum can be extracted by electro metallurgy.

The disadvantage of carbon reduction method are :

  1. high temperature needed which is expensive and requires the use of a blast furnace

  2. many metals combine with carbon forming carbides

  3. carbon combines with oxygen to form poisonous $CO$

  4. carbon cannot be used with highly electropositive metals


Correct Option: A,B
Explanation:

 The disadvantage of carbon reduction method are
(i) high temperature needed which is expensive and requires the use of a blast furnace
(ii) many metals combine with carbon forming carbides
(iii) carbon dioxide gas is released in the process which is green house gas.
(iii) metals produced contain significant amount of carbon. hence, metals obtained cannot be very pure.

Pyrometallurgical method used for the extraction of copper from sulphide ore:

  1. is a dry method

  2. involves concentration by leaching the sulphide ore with dil. $H _2SO _4$

  3. involves concentration of the sulphide ore by froth flotation process

  4. statement given in (b) is incorrect


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The copper is extracted from sulphide ore by pyrometallurgy which involves reduction of the concentrated ore at high temperature.
This process is a dry process.
In this process, the sulphide ore is concentrated by froth floatation process.
In this process, the sulphide ore is not concentrated by leaching with dil sulphuric acid.
Thus, the statement B is incorrect and the statement A and C are correct.

Write chemical equations for metallurgical processes to represent the reduction of $Cu _2O$ using charcoal as a reducing agent :

  1. $2Cu _2O\, +\, C\, \overset{\Delta}{\rightarrow}\, 4Cu\, +\, CO _2$

  2. $Cu _2O\, +\, C\, \overset{\Delta}{\rightarrow}\, 2Cu\, +\, CO$

  3. $3Cu _2O\, +\, 2C\, \overset{\Delta}{\rightarrow}\, 6Cu\, +\, CO +\, CO _2$

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Chemical equations for reduction of $Cu _2O$ using charcoal as a reducing agent : 

$Cu _2O\, +\, C\, \overset{\Delta}{\rightarrow}\, 2Cu\, +\, CO$.

This process is carbon reduction.


Hence option B is correct.

Chemical reactions of the hydrometallurgical extraction of copper is/are?

  1. $CuO\, +\, H _2SO _4\, \rightarrow\, CuSO _4\, +\, H _2O$

  2. $CuCO _3\, +\, H _2SO _4\, \rightarrow\, CuSO _4\, +\, H _2O\, +\, CO _2$

  3. $Cu _2S\, +\, 2H _2SO _4\, +\, 2O _2\, \rightarrow\, 2CuSO _4\, +\, SO _2\, +\, 2H _2O$

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D

Of the following reduction processes, correct processes are:

  1. $Fe _2O _3\,+\,C\,\rightarrow\,Fe$

  2. $ZnO\,+\,C\,\rightarrow\,Zn$

  3. $Ca _3(PO _4) _2\,+\,C\,\rightarrow\,P$

  4. $PbO\,+\,C\,\rightarrow\,Pb$


Correct Option: A,B,C,D
Explanation:

All the four processes are correct.
$ZnO+C\overset{1100^{0}C}{\rightarrow}Zn+CO$
$Fe _{2}O _{3}+3C\rightarrow 2Fe+3CO$
$Ca _3(PO _4) _2\,+\,C\,\rightarrow\,2P +3CaO + CO _2$
$PbO\,+\,C\,\rightarrow\,Pb +CO$

$AgCl$ (horn silver) is converted into $Ag$ by the pyrometallurgical method.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Pyrometallurgy is the process of extraction and purification involving the application of heat.

By this process chloride residues are smelted with an agent such as sodium silicate that provides alkali  metal oxide without generating gases, such as $CO _2$.
$2AgCl+Na _2O+SiO _2\longrightarrow Ag _2O+2NaCl+SiO _2$
$Ag _2O\longrightarrow 2Ag+\cfrac {1}{2}O _2$.