Core & Ext. Metals: Extraction
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Learning objectives
Concepts
–ore, native, extraction, bauxite, hematite, zinc blende, blast furnace, gangue, smelting, electrolysis, oxidization, oxidized, reduction, reduced, thermal decomposition, galvanization
Skills
–Core:
–Describe and relate position of metals in the reactivity series to the ease of obtaining the metals from their ore
–Describe essential reactions in the extraction of iron from hematite
–name the uses of calcium carbonate in the manufacture of iron and of cement
–describe the manufacture of lime (calcium oxide) from calcium carbonate (limestone) in terms of the chemical reactions involved.