C6.1 Improving Processes And Products Flashcards
Process carried out to extract a metal from its ore
Reduction process
2 methods used to extract metals from ores
Reduction process with Carbon Electrolysis
How is iron extracted from its ore
Blast furnace by reduction process
Catalyst used for contact process stage 2
Vanadium (V) oxide V2O5
What compound is made in stage 3 of the contact process
Oleum
H2S2O7
Compound found in malachite
Copper carbonate
Compound in bauxite
Aluminium oxide
Compound in haematite
Iron (III) oxide
Raw materials of the blast furnace
Iron ore
Coke
Limestone
Air
Chemical name for slag
Calcium silicate
CaSiO3
Main reducing agent in the blast furnace
Carbon monoxide
What is added to reduce the melting point of aluminium oxide during electrolysis
Molten Cryolite
Cathode in electrolysis of aluminium oxide
Graphite lining of the cell
Which electrode is aluminium formed at during electrolysis of aluminium oxide
Cathode
Gas released during electrolysis of aluminium oxide
Oxygen