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The methods chiefly used for the extraction of lead and tin from their ores are respectively:

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Self-reduction and carbon reduction

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Self-reduction and electrolytic reduction

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Carbon reduction and self-reduction

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Cyanide process and carbon reduction

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Solution

The correct option is A

Self-reduction and carbon reduction


Tinstone or cassiterite - SnO2 - is the principal ore of tin. It is subjected to gravity separation and once some
heavy impurities are removed, the magnetic impurities are removed by magnetic separation.
After a series of concentration processes, the concentrated ore obtained is called "Black tin".
This is a historical legacy name that has survived from the mining days in Devon and Cornwall (both in England).

Black tin is the raw ore of tin, usually concentrated/dressed cassiterite, which is sold by a tin mine to a smelting company.
contrast this with "white tin," which is the refined, metallic tin produced after smelting.

Black tin is smelted with anthracite coke and lime. Lead is subjected to self-reduction.

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