AL SADIQ ISLAMIC ENGLISH SCHOOL, DUBAI

Department: Science (2022-2023)

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Topic: Extraction of metals

Handouts

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(c) Rusting of steel can be prevented by coating the steel with a layer of zinc.

Explain, in terms of electron transfer, why steel does not rust even if the layer of zinc is

scratched so that the steel is exposed to air and water.

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(iv) Which ion in iron(III) chloride solution causes potassium iodide solution to turn from

colourless to brown?

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(v) Which ion in iron(II) chloride solution causes acidified potassium manganate(VII) solution

to turn from purple to colourless?

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Question 2:

Aluminium is a very important metal. Aluminium is extracted from its ore, bauxite, by electrolysis.
Bauxite is an impure form of aluminium oxide, Al 2O3. (a) Describe how aluminium is extracted from
bauxite. Include an ionic half-equation for the reaction at each electrode.
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ionic half-equation for the anode reaction .................................................................................

ionic half-equation for the cathode reaction ................................................................................ [5]

(b) Explain why the anodes have to be replaced

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(c) Give two uses of aluminium and give a reason why aluminium is suitable for each use.

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Question 3:

(i) Iron containing a small amount of carbon is known as steel.

Explain why steel is less malleable than iron.

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(b) (i) When iron is added to dilute sulfuric acid, an aqueous solution of iron(II) sulfate is formed

as one of the products.

Write a chemical equation for the reaction.

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(ii) When iron(III) oxide is added to dilute sulfuric acid, an aqueous solution of iron(III) sulfate

is formed as one of the products.

Write a chemical equation for the reaction.

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(c) Aqueous sodium hydroxide, aqueous potassium iodide and aqueous acidified

potassium manganate(VII) are added to aqueous solutions of iron(II) sulfate and

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iron(III) sulfate.

● Iron(II) ions, Fe2+, are reducing agents in aqueous solution.

● Iron(III) ions, Fe3+, are oxidising agents in aqueous solution.

Complete the table.

Question 4:

A reactivity series of metals is given below.

(a) Which two metals will react most vigorously with cold water?

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(b) Which two metals will not react with dilute hydrochloric acid?

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(c) Deduce the formula of iron(III) sulfate.

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(d) What is the formula of a magnesium ion?

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(e) Describe a test-tube experiment which will show that manganese is more reactive than copper.

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(f) Manganese is a typical transition metal.

Predict three physical and two chemical properties of this metal.

physical properties

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Question 5:

(d) Brass is an alloy which contains zinc.

(i) Name the other metal in brass.

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(ii) Suggest two reasons why an alloy such as brass is preferred to either of its constituent

metals.

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(e) In an experiment to investigate the rate of rusting of steel, three pieces of steel were used. One

piece of steel was completely coated with copper, one piece completely coated with zinc and

the third piece was left uncoated. All three pieces were left exposed to the atmosphere.

(i) Explain why the uncoated piece started to rust.

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The piece of steel coated with zinc still did not rust but the copper-coated piece of steel

rusted very rapidly.

Explain these observations in terms of the formation of ions and the transfer of electrons.

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Question 6:

This question is about metals.

(a) Iron is extracted from its main ore in a blast furnace

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(i) Coke and iron ore are added at the top of the blast furnace.

Name one other substance that is added at the top of the blast furnace.

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(ii) Name the substance that leaves the blast furnace at A.

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(iii) Iron ore is mainly iron(III) oxide, Fe2O3.

Name a substance that reduces iron(III) oxide to iron in the blast furnace.

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(iv) Temperatures inside a blast furnace can reach 2000°C.

Name two substances that react together, in the blast furnace, to produce this high

temperature.

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(v) Name two waste gases that leave the blast furnace.

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(b) Zinc is extracted from zinc blende.

(i) Name the main zinc compound that is present in zinc blende.
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(ii) When zinc is extracted, it is formed as a gas.

The gaseous zinc is then converted into molten zinc.

State the name of this physical change.

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(c) Name the alloy that contains zinc and copper only.

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(d) Copper has the following properties.

● It has a high melting point.

● It has a high density.

● It is a good conductor of electricity.

● It has variable oxidation states.

● It forms a basic oxide.

● It forms soluble salts.

(i) Give two properties from the list in which copper differs from Group I elements.

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(ii) Give two properties from the list in which copper is similar to Group I elements.

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