Metals, Elimination, Substitution And Alkenes Flashcards
In oxides and sulfides the metals have positive oxidation states. When oxygen/sulfur is separated from the metal by…
Reduction
Which two elements are metals usually found combined with?
Sulfur and oxygen
What is gangue?
The unwanted materials such as clay and rock
Before reduction what are sulfide ores usually converted into and how?
They are converted into oxides by heating them in air, a process called roasting.
Give an example of a metal sulfide bing roasted
Zinc sulfide is converted into zinc oxide
ZnS (s)+ 1.5 O2 (g) —> ZnO (s) + SO2 (g)
How do you stop sulfur dioxide leaking into the environment and causing acid rain?
Sulfur dioxide can be converted into sulfuric acid. It can then be sold.
SO2 (g) + H2O (g) + 0.5 O2 (g) —> H2SO4 (l)
List some possible reducing agents for extracting metals.
Coke
Hydrogen
Sodium/aluminum (reduced by electrolysis)
More reactive metal (displaced)
Why is coke a good reducing agent when extracting metals?
It is cheaply obtained by heating coal in the absence of air. But for some metals the temperature required for reaction with carbon is so high that that the process is uneconomic. Also at high temperature reactive metals react with carbon to form carbides.
What are the main iron ores and what is the main impurity?
Magnetite (Fe3O4) and hematite (Fe2O3) a major impurity is silica SiO2
What is iron reduced by?
Coke
Where is iron reduced?
In a blast furnace
Describe iron extractions and the chemical equations included in it.
At the bottom of the furnace the coke burns in a blast of hot air. Heat is generated by this exoteric process so that the temperature is around 2000K. The carbon dioxide reacts with more carbon to form carbon monoxide.
C (s) + O2 (g) —> CO2 (g)
CO2 (g) + C (s) —> 2CO (g)
The carbon monoxide is the reducing agent. It reacts with the iron oxide to produce molten iron.
Fe2O3 (s) + 3CO2 (g) —> 2Fe (l) + 3CO2 (g)
Which other metal aside from iron is a reduction of its oxide with carbon?
Manganese and copper
What is the copper ore?
Malachite
Give the reaction for heating copper carbonate…
CuCO3 —-> CuO + CO2
What happens to the copper oxide?
It is heated with coke…
2CuO (s) + C (s) —> 2Cu (l) + CO2 (g)
What is an alternative way to extract copper now?
Reduction with scrap iron:
Cu2+ (aq) + Fe (s) —> Cu (s) + Fe2+ (aq)
Why is Reduction with scrap iron economically sensible?
The price of copper is much greater than iron and no carbon dioxide is produced in the extraction process and it uses much less energy than it takes in (but remember iron had to be extracted initially which takes energy).
What ore is aluminium extracted from?
Bauxite ore which is largely aluminium oxide
How is aluminium extracted?
Aluminium oxide is dissolved in molten cryolite Na3AlF6 to form a solution which melts at around 1240K, compared with the melting temperature of pure aluminium oxide 2345K. It is electrolysed in rows of cells.
In the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, what is produced at the negative electrode? What is the equation for it?
2Al3+ + 6e- —–> 2Al
In the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, what is produced at the positive electrode? What is the equation for it?
Oxygen
3O2- —-> 1.5 O2+6e-
What is the equation for the electrolysis of aluminium oxide?
Al2O3 —-> 2Al + 1.5 O2