Heamatite: Fe2O3
Magnetite: Fe3O4
Iron Pyrite: FeS2
Siderite: FeCO3
Zinc is commonly extracted from the following ores:
Zinc Blende: ZnS
Calamine: ZnCO3
(a) Give the chemical names and formulae of main ores of (i) aluminium (ii) iron (iii) zinc.
(b) Which impurities are present in bauxite.
(c) What is red mud, how is it removed?
(a) Name two metal s which occur in nature in free state as well as in combined state (b) Name one ore of manganese. Which compound of manganese is present in this ore? Also write its chemical formula. (c) A zinc ore on heating in air forms sulphur dioxide. Describe briefly any two stages involved in the conversion of this concentrated ore into zinc metal.
Name the metal which is extracted from the ore called 'Rock salt' (b) Name two ores of zinc. Write the names of the chemical compounds present in them and give their chemical formulae. (c) Explain how, mercury is extracted from its sulphide ore (cinnabar). Give equation of the reactions involved. (d) In the electrolytic refining of a metal M, what would you tak eas anode, cathode and electrolyte? (e) Name any five metals which are purified by electrolytic refining method.