1a) Products from Rocks Flashcards
Bio leaching
Using bacteria to separate copper from copper sulfide
Phytomining
Growing plants on land with copper
Plants absorb copper compounds and ions/minerals from soil
Plants are harvested and dried
Plants are burned in a furnace to produce ash
Copper collected from ash
Stainless steel
Alloy of chromium and nickel
Corrosion resistant
Used for cutlery
High carbon steel
Alloy of iron and 1.5% carbon
Hard
Inflexible
Used for blades and bridges
Low carbon steel
Alloy of iron and 0.1% carbon
Easily shaped
Used for car bodies
Alloys
Mixture of metals
Different sized atoms distort the layers
Make it harder
Bronze
Alloy of copper and tin
Harder
For medals and statues
Cupronickel
Alloy of copper and nickel
Hard
Corrosion-resistant
Used to make ‘silver’ coins
Gold alloys
Harder
For jewellery
Aluminium alloys
Stronger, light weight
For aircraft bodies
Crude oil
Mixture of hydrocarbons
Not chemically bonded together
Alkanes
Hydrocarbons
Fractions from fractional distillation
Single bond
CnH2n+2
Cement
Powdered limestone + powdered clay
Mortar
Cement + sand + water
Or
Cement + sand + aggregate (water+gravel)
Bondings
Ionic - lose/gain electrons, ions Non-metal + metal Covalent - sharing electrons Non-metal + non-metal Metallic - positive metal ions attracted to negative electrons Metal + metal