Question

Consider the following metallurgical processes :
(i) Heating impure metal $$CO$$  and distilling the resulting volatile carbonyl $$\left( {b.p.\,{{43}^ \circ }C} \right)$$   and finally decomposition at $${150^ \circ } - {200^ \circ }C$$    to get the pure metal
(ii) Heating the sulphide ore in air until a part is converted to oxide and then furher heating in the absence of air to let the oxide react with unchanged metal sulphide
(iii) Electrolysis of the molten electrolyte containing approximately equal amounts of the metal chloride and $$NaCl$$  to obtained the metal
The processes used for obtaning magnesium, nickel and copper are respectively :

A. (i), (ii) and (iii)
B. (ii), (iii) and (i)
C. (iii), (i) and (ii)  
D. (ii), (i) and (iii)
Answer :   (iii), (i) and (ii)
Solution :
\[\begin{align} & \left( \text{i} \right)\underset{\text{(impure)}}{\mathop{Ni}}\,+4CO\xrightarrow{{{50}^{\circ }}C}\left[ \underset{\text{(volite)}}{\mathop{Ni{{\left( CO \right)}_{4}}}}\, \right]\xrightarrow{{{230}^{\circ }}C}\underset{\text{(pure)}}{\mathop{Ni}}\,+4CO\uparrow \\ & \left( \text{ii} \right)C{{u}_{2}}S+\frac{3}{2}{{O}_{2}}\xrightarrow{\Delta }C{{u}_{2}}O+S{{O}_{2}} \\ & C{{u}_{2}}S+2C{{u}_{2}}O\xrightarrow[\text{temp}\text{.}]{\text{high}}6Cu+S{{O}_{2}} \\ & \left( \text{iii} \right)MgC{{l}_{2}}\left( s \right)\xrightarrow{\text{electrolysis}}M{{g}^{2+}}\left( l \right)+2C{{l}^{-}}\left( l \right) \\ & \text{At cathode :} \\ & M{{g}^{2+}}2{{e}^{-}}\to Mg\left( s \right) \\ & \text{At anode :} \\ & 2C{{l}^{-}}\left( l \right)\to C{{l}_{2}}\left( g \right)+2{{e}^{-}} \\ \end{align}\]

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Releted Question 1

Copper can be extracted from

A. Kupfernical
B. Dolomite
C. Malachite
D. Galena
Releted Question 2

In the alumino-thermite process, aluminium acts as

A. an oxidizing agent
B. a flux
C. a reducing agent
D. a solder
Releted Question 3

The chemical composition of ‘slag’ formed during the smelting process in the extraction of copper is

A. $$C{u_2}O + FeS$$
B. $$FeSi{O_3}$$
C. $$CuFe{S_2}$$
D. $$C{u_2}S + FeO$$
Releted Question 4

Which of the following process is used in the extractive metallurgy of magnesium?

A. fused salt electrolysis
B. self reduction
C. aqueous solution electrolysis
D. thermite reduction

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