Mr Rogers

How do rocks provide metals?

LO’s
•Know the four stages of extraction of
metals.
•What a REDOX reaction is.
 Homework

• Pages 6 – 9 and 11 in workbook.

• You’ve already done some of these in

yesterdays lesson.

• Due in next Tuesday.

 How do rocks provide metals?
Getting metals from their ores usually involves 4 stages…

1. Mining the ore

 2. Concentrating the ore

The ore is smashed up into very small pieces, then

most of the soil and rock can be removed.

Example:
Froth Flotation -
•Crushed ore mixed with
water.
•Air is bubbled up through
the liquid.
•Ore particles ‘stick’ to the
bubbles, the rock / soil /
sand does not.
•The ore can be collected
in the froth at the top.
3. Reducing the ore
Chemically changing the ore from metal compounds (e.g.. metal
oxides) to metals.

1. Purifying the metal

• This removes any remaining impurities.

How we reduce the ore depends on the
position in the reactivity series.

We have a good supply of carbon in the form

of coke.
•Coke is coal that has been baked in an
airless oven at about 2000oC.
•Coke is pure carbon.
 Displacement reactions
• A more reactive substance takes the place
of (displaces) a less reactive substance.
• What would happen if we reacted silver
oxide, Ag2O, with carbon?

Write a word equation and a balanced

chemical equation with state symbols for
this reaction.
 Would the metal be displaced if
these ores were reacted with
carbon?
• Iron oxide
• Sodium oxide
• Lead oxide
• Tin oxide
 REDOX
In REDOX reactions both a REDuction and
an OXidisation take place.

In our earlier example of silver oxide:

• What happened to the silver during the
reaction?
• What happened to the carbon during the
reaction?
 Next time…

• What if the metal is above carbon in the

reactivity series???
 True or false?
Once mined, the ore will still be
mixed with rock and soil.
 True or false?
The 4 stages of extraction are
mining, concentrating, recycling
and purifying.
 True or false?
Aluminium is more reactive than
zinc.
 True or false?
The next metal in the reactivity
series after aluminium is carbon.
 True or false?
A displacement reaction is one
where a less reactive element is
replaced by a more reactive
element.
 True or false?
If coal is baked in an oxygen free
oven then cola is produced.
 True or false?
Coke contains one element; carbon
 True or false?
Carbon will displace a metal from
its ore if the metal is more
reactive than carbon.
 True or false?
If water is reduced hydrogen is
produced.
 True or false?
In redox, the ox stands for
oxification.