Question

Where do we use washing method in our daily life? Give examples. How do you correlate this example with enrichment of ore?

Answer 1

In our daily life we use washing for utensils, clothes etc. Ore is the impure form of the metal. We do enrichment of ore to get the pure metal. The process of removing the gangue from the ore is based on the physical and chemical properties of the ore. The ore is first crushed and then the physical process like hydraulic washing, froth floatation and magnetic separation is carried out to remove impurities which are similar to washing of the daily life.