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C1.3 Metals and Their Uses Flashcards

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What is a metal ore?

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A rock which contains enough metal to make it profitable to extract the metal from it

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How are metals removed from the rock? (3)

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Through chemical reactions: electrolysis, reduction or displacement

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What makes a metal ore economically profitable?

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If it sells for more money than what was invested to extract it

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What does the position of a metal in the reactivity series determine?

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How it is extracted from it’s ore

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Metals below carbon in the reactivity, how are they extracted from their ores?

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They are extracted from their oxides using reduction

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Metals above carbon in the reactivity, how are they extracted from their ores?

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They at extracted from their oxides using electrolysis (which is expensive)

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How does extraction by reduction with carbon work?

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Oxygen is removed from the metal ore leaving a pure metal

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Can you give the word equation for the reduction of Iron(III) oxide?

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Iron(III) oxide + Carbon ==> Iron + Carbon Dioxide

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Why is electrolysis so expensive?

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It uses a lot of energy

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What is copper extraction using carbon?

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Copper can be extracted by reduction with carbon - the ore is heated in a furnace (smelting). But, the copper is impure so electrolysis is used to purify it (this can only occur with copper-rich ores)

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What is electrolysis?

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The breakdown of a substance using electricity

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What is the liquid in electrolysis called?

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The electrolyte, this is used to conduct the electricity. Electrolytes are often metal salt solutions made from the ore or molten metal oxides - the electrolyte has free ions which allows it to conduct the electricity

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Electrolysis requires two…

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Electrodes, one positive, one negative - electrons are gained or lost at electrons

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How is copper extracted from copper-rich ores?

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By reduction with carbon, or electrolysis

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What happens at the positive/negative electrode in the electrolysis of copper?

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At the positive electrode ions are formed, and atoms bond to the negative electrode

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What are the steps in the electrolysis of copper? (3)

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  1. Electrons are pulled off copper atoms at the + electrode, causing them to go into the solution as Cu2+ ions
  2. The Cu2+ ions move towards the - electrode, gain electrons are turn into copper atoms
  3. The impurities are dropped at the + electrode as a sludge, whilst pure copper atoms bond to the - electrode
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What are the electrodes made of in the electrolysis of copper?

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The - electrode is made of: a thin piece of pure copper

The + electrode is made of: A big lump of impure copper

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How and why is copper extracted from low-grade copper ores?

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Because copper-rich ores if limited and the demand for copper is high, so low-grade ores are extracted using bioleaching and phytomining

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How does bioleaching work when extracting copper from low-grade ores?

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Bacteria separates copper from copper sulphide. The bacteria gets energy from the bond between the copper and sulphur, which separates the copper from its ore. From this, a leachate is formed which contains copper which can be extracted

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How does phytomining work when extracting copper from low-grade ores?

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Growing plants on soils that contains copper - the copper builds up in the plants leaves, which can be harvested, dried and burned in a furnace. The copper is collected in from the ash in the furnace

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What are the benefits of phytomining and bioleaching? (2)

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They need less energy, which is Cheaper, produces less damage to the environment and Pmining is carbon neutral

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What is the main drawback of phytomining and bioleaching?

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They are very slow e.g. in Pmining, it’s long for the plants to grow

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How does a displacement reaction happen?

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A more reactive metal replaces a less reactive metal in a compound - this is because the more reactive metal bonds more strongly to the non-metal of the compound and pushes out the less reactive metal

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How is copper extracted using displacement?

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Scrap iron is put in a solution of copper sulphate solution and the more reactive iron kicks out the copper producing pure copper and ion sulphate (Copper sulphate + Iron ==> Iron Sulphate + Copper)

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What are the positive impacts of metal extraction? (3)

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Mining ores means useful products can be made, provides jobs and brings money into the local area, which means transport and health can be improved

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What are the negative impacts of metal extraction? (7)

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Noise pollution, traffic inc. because of the lorries going into and leaving the mine, destroys habitats, scars the landscape, leaves deep mine shafts which are abandoned (dangerous), solid waste like big rocks are left behind which can be an eyesore and mining needs a lot of energy which comes from F’fuels which causes…

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Why is it important to recycle metals? (4)

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Uses less energy than having to mine for new metal - this also saves money, there’s a finite amount of each metal so it conserves metals and it also reduces the amount of rubbish in landfills

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What are the properties of metals? (4)

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They are strong, can be bent into shapes, good conductors of heat and electricity

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What makes metals good for everyday uses?

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They’re strength and bendability makes them good for bridges and car bodies, their heat conductivity makes them good for saucepans and their electrical conductivity makes them good for wires

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What are the properties of copper? (4)

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Good conductor of electricity, hard and strong but can be bent and it doesn’t react with water

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What are the properties of aluminium? (4)

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It’s corrosion-resistant, it has a low density so it’s lightweight, it’s not very strong but it forms strong alloys

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What are the properties of titanium? (4)

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Has a low density so it is lightweight, it’s very strong and it’s corrosion-resistant

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What can copper be used for? (2)

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It doesn’t react with water and can be bent into shapes so it’s good for plumbing, and it’s a good conductor of E’ so it’s used in wires

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What can aluminium be used for?

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It can make strong, light alloys which can be bent into shape, so it is ideal for aeroplanes

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What can titanium be used for?

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It doesn’t corrode when in contact with water, lightweight and not too bendy so it is used for replacement hips

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How can metals be protected from corroding with air and water?

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By coating them in paint

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What happens when a metal corrodes?

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They lose their strength and hardness

38
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What is metal fatigue?

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When stresses and strains are put on them over time, the metals can break

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What is an alloy?

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A mixture of two or metals, or a mixture of a metal and a non-metal

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What can impure iron do? (2)

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It can be poured into shapes and withstand being compressed

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Why is iron purified?

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Iron straight from the blast furnace is about 96% iron and 4% impurities like carbon - these impurities make the iron brittle

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How is iron purified?

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The impurities are removed from the blast furnace iron to make pure iron

43
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What is cast iron (impure iron) used for?

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Ornamental railings

44
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What is the structure/properties of iron? (3)

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It has a regular arrangement of layered atoms that can slide over each other making the iron soft and easily shaped, this iron is too bendy so it is used in alloys

45
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How is pure iron turned into steels?

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By adding small amounts of carbon and sometimes other metals

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What is low-carbon steel used for? What is it’s properties?

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It’s used for car bodies as it is easily shaped

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What is high-carbon steel used for? (2) What is it’s properties? (2)

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It’s used for blades in cutting tools, and bridges, this because it’s very hard and inflexible

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What is stainless steel used for? (2) What is it’s properties? (1) How is it made?

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Chromium is added and sometimes nickel. It is corrosion-resistant so is used for cutlery and containers for corrosive substances

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Why are alloys used?

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They are harder than pure metals

50
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Why are alloys harder than pure metals?

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Because they have different sized atoms which disrupts the regular arrangement making it hard for the layers to slide over each other

51
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What is bronze made of? (2) What’s it’s properties? What’s it used for? (2)

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Made from copper and tin. It’s harder than copper so it’s used in making metals and statues

52
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What is cupronickel made of? (2) What’s it’s properties? (2) What’s it used for?

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Made from copper and nickel. It’s hard and corrosion-resistant, so it’s used in making ‘silver’ coins

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What are gold alloys made of? (5) What are they used for?

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Metals like zinc, copper, silver, palladium and nickel are used to strength soft pure gold, it is used in jewellery

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What’s are aluminium alloys properties? What are they used for?

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Aluminium has a low density and is alloyed with other metals to strengthen it. It is used in aircrafts

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