General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements

Assertion: Hydrometallurgy involves dissolving the ore in a suitable reagent followed by precipitation by a more electropositive metal. Reason: Copper is extracted by hydrometallurgy.

(i) Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of assertion. (ii) Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of assertion....

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Wrought iron is the purest form of iron. Write a reaction used for the preparation of wrought iron from cast iron. How can the impurities of sulphur, silicon and phosphorus be removed from cast iron?

Limestone can be combined with flux to remove impurities of sulfur, silicon and phosphorus. They form an easily removable slag. The metal is removed from the slag by passing through the rollers....

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The mixture of compounds A and B is passed through a column of Al2O3 by using alcohol as eluant. Compound A is eluted in preference to compound B. Which of the compounds A or B, is more readily adsorbed on the column?

Compound A does not absorb well in the column and moves down the column with alcohol i.e. eluant, while compound B is well absorbed in the column and cannot go down the column.

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