You are provided with sample of some impure metal. Such as zinc, copper and germanium which method would you recommended for the purification of each of these metal.

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$Z n \to$ Fractional Distillation
$C u \to$ Electro Refining and Poling
$G e \to$ Zone Refining
Semiconductors are refined through zone refining $(S i, G e)$ . In fractional distillation, we get different metals at different temperatures and poling is done for Copper.

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You are provided with sample of some impure metal. Such as zinc, copper and germanium which method would you recommended for the purification of each of these metal.

Zn→ Fractional Distillation Cu→ Electro Refining and Poling Ge→ Zone RefiningSemiconductors are refined through zone refining (Si,Ge). In fractional distillation, we get different metals at different temperatures and poling is done for Copper.

$Z n \to$ Fractional Distillation
$C u \to$ Electro Refining and Poling
$G e \to$ Zone Refining
Semiconductors are refined through zone refining $(S i, G e)$ . In fractional distillation, we get different metals at different temperatures and poling is done for Copper.