Core & Ext. Metals: Extraction
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Paper 3 Practice Questions
1. J03/3/6. The list below shows part of the metal reactivity series .
– potassium more reactive
magnesium
aluminium
zinc
iron
copper less reactive
–(a) From this list, choose a metal which is extracted using electrolysis. [1]
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–(b) Two thousand years ago, people were able to extract iron  and copper from their ores. They were not able to extract aluminium. Suggest why they were not able to extract aluminium from its ore. [1]