JEE Advanced2023ChemistryGeneral Principles and Processes of Isolation of MetalsActual
The correct statement(s) related to processes involved in the extraction of metals is(are)
Options
- ARoasting of Malachite produces Cuprite
- BCalcination of Calamine produces Zincite
- CCopper pyrites is heated with silica in a reverberatory furnace to remove iron
- DImpure silver is treated with aqueous KCN in the presence of oxygen followed by reduction with zinc metal
Correct answer
B. Calcination of Calamine produces Zincite
Step-by-step solution
The ore Calamine contain ZnCO 3 . The Calamine on heating produces ZnO . ZnCO 3 → ∆ ZnO + CO 2 Cyanide process, also called Macarthur-forrest Process, method of extracting silver from impure ores by dissolving them in a dilute solution of sodium cyanide in the presence of oxygen. The complex formed in the above process reduced to silver metal by the treatment with zinc. O 2 + H 2 O + Ag + NaCN → Na Ag CN 2 + NaOH Na Ag CN 2 → Zn Na 2 Zn CN 4 + Ag SiO 2 (Silica) is a flux material. It remov