Extraction of Zinc
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What happens when steam is passed over red hot iron? Write the equation.
Ellingham diagram:

- Fe
- Al
- Mg
- Zn
S2: The low grade ore of copper is leached with acid and is then treated with scrap iron or H2 to get copper.
S3: Siderite, curpite and argentite are oxide ores.
S4: Zone refining is very useful for producing semiconductor and other metals of very high purity, e.g., germanium, silicon, boron, gallium and indium.
Which of the following option is correct.
(T: True, F: False)
- T F T T
- F T F F
- F F T T
- T T F T
roasting followed by reduction with carbon
electrolytic reduction
roasting followed by reduction with another metal
- roasting followed by self-reduction
- Dibenzyl
- Diphenyl methane
- Methyl benzyl chloride
- o-Phenyl touene

- 30∘C
- 500∘C
- 1000∘C
- >2500∘C
- ΔG increases with an increase in temprature
- It consists of plots of ΔfG∘ vs T for formation of oxide
- It express the kinetic of the reduction process
- None of the above
Give the name and formulae of the main ores of iron and zinc.
- Calcination
- Cupellation
- Smelting
- Roasting
Why is zinc not extracted from zinc oxide through reduction using CO?
The smelting of Zinc Oxide (obtained from roasted ZnS) happens
Write chemical reactions taking place in the extractions of zinc from zinc blende.
- Copper sulphate solution
- Copper sulphate solution acidified with sulphuric acid
- Sulphuric acid
- Copper chloride
- CuO
- ZnO
- CaO
- SiO2
STATEMENT-2 : Zinc can be commercially extracted by hydrometallurgy.
- STATEMENT-1 is True, STATEMENT-2 is True; STATEMENT-2 is NOT a correct explanation for STATEMENT-1
- STATEMENT-1 is True, STATEMENT-2 is True; STATEMENT-2 is a correct explanation for STATEMENT-1
- STATEMENT-1 is False, STATEMENT-2 is True
- STATEMENT-1 is True, STATEMENT-2 is False
Which of the following is not an ore of Zinc?
Smithsonite
Zinc blende
Rutile
Wurtzite
- Al
- Coke
- Water gas
- Li
- H2 gas
Column IColumn IIA.Cu+dil.HNO3p.NOB.Cu+conc.HNO3q.NO2C.Zn+dil.HNO3r.N2OD.Zn+conc.HNO3s.Cu(NO3)2t.Zn(NO3)2
- A. ⟶ r, s; B. ⟶ q, s; C. ⟶ p, t; D. ⟶ q, t;
- A. ⟶ r, s; B. ⟶ q, s; C. ⟶ r, t; D. ⟶ q, t;
- A. ⟶ p, s; B. ⟶ q, s; C. ⟶ p, t; D. ⟶ q, t;
- A. ⟶ p, s; B. ⟶ q, s; C. ⟶ r, t; D. ⟶ q, t;
Dental amalgam is composed of:
Cu + Sn + Au + Hg +Co
Cd + Cu + Ni+ Au + Fe
Cu+ Sn + Hg + Ag + Zn
Hg + Ag + Cd + Au + Fe
- Na
- Mg
- Cl
- K
- ZnS(s)+O2Heat−−−→ZnO(s)+2SO2(g)
- 2ZnS(s)+3O2Heat−−−→2ZnO(s)+2SO2(g)
- ZnS(s)+3O2Heat−−−→2ZnO(s)+SO2(g)
- ZnS(s)+3O2Heat−−−→ZnO(s)+2SO2(g)
Zinc Blend is also known as Spalherite – True or False?
True
False