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Thermodynamic principles of metallurgy - class-XII

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Hardened steel on heating in the range of $220^{\circ} C$ to $330^{\circ}C$ and on slow cooling gives :

  1. hard steel

  2. Brittle steel

  3. hard and brittle steel

  4. hard and tough steel


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Hardened steel on heating in the range of $220^{\circ} C$ to $330^{\circ}C$ and on slow cooling gives Hard and tough steel.

Iron filings were added to a solution of copper sulphate. After 10 minutes, it was observed that the blue colour of the solution changes and a layer gets deposited on iron filings. The colour of the solution and that of the coating would, respectively, be -

  1. Yellow and green

  2. Brown and blue

  3. Red and greenish-blue

  4. Green and reddish-brown


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

$Fe+CuSO _4\rightarrow FeSO _4+Cu$
                             Green     Reddish brown
Solution becomes green and reddish brown coating of copper is formed.

In the extraction of iron, the most preferred ores are :

  1. Hematite and limonite.

  2. Copper pyrites and siderite.

  3. Magnetite and iron pyrites.

  4. Limonite and copper pyrites.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Hematite and Limonite are the most preferred ores in the extraction of iron.

In which of the following pair of metals, both are commercially extracted from their respective ores by carbon reduction method?

  1. $Zn$, $Cu$

  2. $Fe$, $Cu$

  3. $Sn$, $Zn$

  4. $Al$, $Ag$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Tin and zinc are commercially extracted from their respective ores by carbon reduction method.
The oxide ores of tin and zinc are reduced with carbon to form metals.

Permanent magnets can be made from :

  1. hard steel

  2. cobalt steel

  3. stainless steel

  4. wrought iron


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A permanent magnet is an object made from material that is magnetized and creates its own persistent magnetic field e.g. refrigerator magnet on its door. These are strongly attracted to magnets called as ferromagnetic and are made up of iron,nickel,cobalt and some alloys of rare earth metals.

In the metallurgy of iron using blast furnace, the slag is :

  1. $FeSiO _3$

  2. $CaSiO _3$

  3. $CaCO _3$

  4. $CaSO _3$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Slag is a glass like by product left over after a desired metal has been separated from its ore.Slag is usually a mixture of metal oxides and silicon dioxide.These slags can contain metal sulfides and elemental metals.

If steel is heated bright red hot and is then cooled slowly, the process is called:

  1. quenching

  2. annealing

  3. tempering

  4. smelting


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Annealing is heat process whereby a metal is heated to a specific temperature/color and then allowed to cool slowly. This softens the metal which means it can be cut and shaped more easily. Mild steel is heated to a red heat and allowed to cool slowly.

Electromagnets are used to concentrate _______ ores :

  1. mercury

  2. copper

  3. Iron

  4. sulphur


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Iron ores have the electromagnetic property so they are concentrated by this method. An electromagnet is a type of magnet in which the magnetic field is produced by an electric current. The magnetic field disappears when the current is turned off.

Iron :

  1. is a metal i.e. magnetic in nature

  2. forms an alloy called steel

  3.  is brittle(cast iron)

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Iron is the metal of transition series which oxidizes in air to give hydrated iron oxides. Crude iron metal is produced in blast furnaces where ore is reduced by coke to pig iron which has high carbon content.

The metal which is present in our body in red blood corpuscles and whose deficiency in the body causes anaemia is

  1. zinc

  2. arsenic

  3. iron

  4. tin


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Iron is the metal present in our body in red blood corpuscles and its deficiency in the body causes anaemia.

Due to extreme high pressure, iron exist in:

  1. liquid form

  2. solid form

  3. molten form

  4. gaseous form


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Under extremely high-pressure conditions, the iron is becomes more solid because in high pressure its molecular density increases.So, its becomes harder.

Which of the following metals can be used for sharp casting?

  1. Iron

  2. Copper

  3. Aluminium

  4. Silver


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Casting is a manufacturing process by which a liquid material is usually poured into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowed to solidify. The solidified part is also known as a casting, which is ejected or broken out of the mold to complete the process. Iron is the best metal amongst the given options for sharp casting.

(a) Cast iron is very hard and brittle because of higher carbon content.
(b) Iron obtained from the blast furnace is know as pig iron.
(c) The carbon content in wrought iron is the least.
(d) The melting point of cast iron is higher than that of wrought iron.
Which of the following regarding the above statements is correct?

  1. a, b and c

  2. c and d

  3. only b

  4. only d


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cast iron is iron that has been shaped by being poured into a cast. It has 5% or more carbon, and the carbon separates out into flakes. This reduces the tensile strength, but not the compressive strength. Pig iron is iron as cast after smelting from ore and has a high carbon content and is an intermediate product for making steel. Wrought iron is iron with a low carbon content.Pig iron and cast iron have have a lower melting point than wrought iron or steel.

The reaction which is not associated with the middle region of blast furnace during smelting is _______ .

  1. ${CO} _{2}+C\rightarrow 2CO$

  2. $Ca{CO} _{3}\rightarrow CaO+{CO} _{2}$

  3. $CaO+Si{O} _{2}\rightarrow CaSi{O} _{3}$

  4. $C+{O} _{2}\rightarrow {CO} _{2}$


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals, generally iron, but also others such as lead or copper. With the first being that preheated blast air blown into the furnace reacts with the carbon in the form of coke to produce carbon monoxide and heat.
$2 C _{(s)} + {O _2} _{(g)} \rightarrow 2 CO _{(g)}$
All other reactions are 
associated with the middle region of blast furnace during smelting.The hot carbon monoxide is the reducing agent for the metal ore and reacts with the metal oxide to produce molten metal and carbon dioxide. 

Compound $X$ and aluminium are used to join railway tracks.

Identify the compound $X$ :

  1. $FeO$

  2. $ Fe _{2}O _{3}$

  3. $Fe _{3}O _{4}$

  4. All of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The reaction of iron oxide with aluminium is used to join railway tracks. 


Aluminium powder is used for the thermite reaction as it reacts with iron $(II) $ oxide to give molten $Fe$.

Hence the correct option is B.

Which of the following gives black precipitate with $H _{2}S$ ?

  1. Cupric chloride

  2. Cadmium chloride

  3. Zinc chloride

  4. Ferric chloride


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Iron from blast furnace is Pig Iron. It is intermediate to form Wrought Iron or Cast Iron. It is the first product from Blast Furnace. After applying some chemical reactions, pure iron will come.

Which of the following processes is involved in the smelting process?

  1. $ZnCO _{3} \rightarrow ZnO + CO _{2}$

  2. $PbS + 3O _{2} \rightarrow 2PbO + 2SO _{2}$

  3. $Fe _{2}O _{3} + 3C \rightarrow 2Fe + 3CO$

  4. $ Al _{2} O _{3}. 2H _{2}O \rightarrow Al _{2}O _{3} + 2H _{2}O$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In smelting process, ferric oxide gets reduced to Iron with the help of coke. The redox reaction is given by the option C.

In the metallurgical extraction of iron, which of the following processes takes place in reverberatory furnace?

  1. Conversion of iron oxide to iron

  2. Conversion of cast iron to wrought iron

  3. Conversion of cast iron to steel

  4. Conversion of pig iron to cast iron


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Wrought iron or malleable iron is the purest form of commercial iron and is prepared from cast iron by oxidising impurities in a reverberatory furnace lined with haematite.

Compound $X$ and aluminium are used to join railway tracks.
Name the reaction.

  1. Galvanic reaction

  2. Thermal reaction

  3. Thermite reaction

  4. Combination reaction


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The reaction is called thermite reaction, in which $Al$ reduces the oxide of another metal as it forms stronger and more stable bonds with oxygen than the other metal.

$Fe _2O _3 + 2 Al \rightarrow  2 Fe + Al _2O _3$

The electrolytic reduction technique is used in the extraction of:

  1. Metalliods

  2. Highly electro positive metals

  3. Transition metals

  4. Highly electronegative metals


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Oxides of strong elecropositive metals such as K, Ca, Na, Al and Mg are very stable. It is difficult to reduce them into metallic state by carbon reduction.
Such metals are extracted by passing electricity through their fued chlorides/oxides/hydroxides.
So electrolytic extraction technique is used in extraction of highly electro positive metals.

Which of the following oxides cannot be reduced by coke?

  1. $Cu _2O,: K _2O$

  2. $Fe _2O,: ZnO$

  3. $CaO, : K _2O$

  4. $PbO,: Fe _3O _4$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Oxides of strong elecropositive metals such as $K, Ca, Na, Al$ and $Mg$ are very stable. It is difficult to reduce them into metallic state by carbon reduction.
Such metals are extracted by passing electricity through their fused chlorides/oxides/hydroxides.

Which of the following is not correctly matched?

  1. Red bauxite - Purification by Serpeck's method

  2. Iron from haematite - Carbon monoxide reduction

  3. Calamine - Carbonate ore

  4. $FeSiO _3$ - Slag obtained in the extraction of copper


Correct Option: A

$Zn$ cannot displace following ions from ions of which aqueous solution?

  1. $Ag^+$

  2. $Cu^{++}$

  3. $Fe^{++}$

  4. $Na^+$


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Among all given option only $Na^+$ has less reduction potential than Zn so it can not be reduced by Zn.

Which one of the following is not a method of concentration of ore? 

  1. Electromagnetic separation

  2. Smelting

  3. Gravity separation

  4. Froth floatation process


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The process of removal of unwanted materials from the ore is known as ore concentration. 


Froth floatation, electromagnetic separation, and gravity separation are few of the processes used for ore concentration.

 
Smelting, however, is a process of heating the ore in order to extract the base metal. 


Hence B is the correct answer

Name the substance which remains in a test tube after heating ferrous sulphate.

  1. $Fe _2O _3$

  2. $Fe _2S$

  3. $Fe _2(SO _4) _3$

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Heating farrow sulfate in a test tube following reaction takes place

$FeSO _4.7H _2O\rightarrow Fe SO _4+7H _2O$
$2Fe SO _4\rightarrow Fe _2O _3+SO _2+SO _3$
Both $SO _2$ and $SO _3$ are gases that colorless and evolved out 
Only $Fe _2O _3$  that is ferric oxide which reddish brown in colour remained in the fort tube ,so the answer is $Fe _2O _3$ that is ferric oxide

Heating mixture of $Cu _2O$ and $Cu _2S$ will give:

  1. $Cu+SO _2$

  2. $Cu+SO _3$

  3. $CuO+CuS$

  4. $Cu _2O+S$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Reaction of the process:


$ 2Cu _2 O+ Cu _2S \overset{\Delta}{\longrightarrow} 6Cu+SO _2$

The heating mixture of Cu$ _2$O and Cu$ _2$S will give Cu and SO$ _2$ mixture.

Hence, the correct option is $A$

The iron manufactured by pudding process is called an

  1. Pig iron

  2. cast iron

  3. wrought iron

  4. white cast iron


Correct Option: C

In extractive metallurgy of zinc partial fusion of ZnO with coke is called ______ and reduction of the ore to the molten metal is called________ .

  1. sintering, smelting

  2. roasting, smelting

  3. sintering, roasting

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sintering is the process of forming a solid mass of material by heat and/or pressure without melting it to the point of liquefaction. Sintering happens naturally in mineral deposits or as a manufacturing process used with metals, ceramics, plastics, and other materials.

Smeltings main use is to produce a metal from its ore. Smelting uses heat and a chemical reducing agent to decompose the ore, driving off other elements as gasses or slag and leaving just the metal behind. The reducing agent is commonly a source of carbon.The carbon removes oxygen from the ore, leaving behind elemental metal. 

Carbon reduction method is employed for commercial extraction of :

  1. haematite

  2. cassiterite

  3. iron pyrite

  4. corundum


Correct Option: A,B
Explanation:

In extraction of tin from cassiterite-
$SnO _2+2C\rightarrow Sn+2CO$

In extraction of iron from haematite -
$Fe _2O _3+3CO\rightarrow 2Fe+3CO _2$

Iron
 pyrite $FeS _2$ is a sulphide ore for which froth floatation method is used.
Corundum is a crystalline form of aluminium oxide $Al _2O _3$ with traces of iron, titanium and chromium; for which electrolytic reduction method is used.

Highly electropositive metals cannot be extracted by carbon reduction process because, these:

  1. metals combine with carbon to form carbides

  2. metals do not react with carbon

  3. metal oxides are not reduced by carbon

  4. loss of metal is more in vaporisation


Correct Option: A,D
Explanation:

Highly electropositive metals cannot be extracted by carbon reduction process because of two reasons
(i) Metals combine with carbon to form carbides.
(ii) Loss of metal is more in vaporization.

For which of the following metal, the carbon reduction cannot be used?

  1. Lead

  2. Manganese

  3. Tungsten

  4. Iron


Correct Option: B,C
Explanation:

The carbon reduction cannot be used for manganese and tungsten. This is because manganese and tungsten react with carbon to form manganese carbide and tungsten carbide respectively.

Of the following reduction processes, correct processes are :

  1. $Fe _{2}O _{3}$ + $C$ $\rightarrow$ $Fe$

  2. $ZnO$ + $C$ $\rightarrow$ $Zn$

  3. $Ca _{3}(PO _{4}) _{2}$ + $C$ $\rightarrow$ $P$

  4. $PbO$ + $C$ $\rightarrow$ $Pb$


Correct Option: A,B,C,D
Explanation:

(A) Carbon reduces ferric oxide to iron. $Fe _2O _3+3C \rightarrow 2Fe + 3CO$.
Thus option A is correct.
(B) Carbon reduces zinc oxide to zinc. $ZnO+C \rightarrow {\triangle} {1673  K} Zn + CO \uparrow$.
Thus option B is correct.
(C) In presence of silica, carbon reduces calcium phosphate to free phosphorus.
$2 Ca _3(PO _4) _2 + 9 SiO _2 + 16 C  \rightarrow 6 CaSiO _3 + P _4 + 16 CO$
Thus option C is correct.
(D) Carbon reduces lead oxide to lead. $2PbO+C \rightarrow 2Pb+CO _2$.
Thus option D is correct.

Metals which can be extracted by smelting process are :

  1. $Pb$

  2. $Fe$

  3. $Zn$

  4. $Al$


Correct Option: A,B,C
Explanation:

Lead, iron and zinc can be extracted by smelting process . Aluminum can be extracted by electro metallurgy.

The disadvantage of carbon reduction method are :

  1. high temperature needed which is expensive and requires the use of a blast furnace

  2. many metals combine with carbon forming carbides

  3. carbon combines with oxygen to form poisonous $CO$

  4. carbon cannot be used with highly electropositive metals


Correct Option: A,B
Explanation:

 The disadvantage of carbon reduction method are
(i) high temperature needed which is expensive and requires the use of a blast furnace
(ii) many metals combine with carbon forming carbides
(iii) carbon dioxide gas is released in the process which is green house gas.
(iii) metals produced contain significant amount of carbon. hence, metals obtained cannot be very pure.

Pyrometallurgical method used for the extraction of copper from sulphide ore:

  1. is a dry method

  2. involves concentration by leaching the sulphide ore with dil. $H _2SO _4$

  3. involves concentration of the sulphide ore by froth flotation process

  4. statement given in (b) is incorrect


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The copper is extracted from sulphide ore by pyrometallurgy which involves reduction of the concentrated ore at high temperature.
This process is a dry process.
In this process, the sulphide ore is concentrated by froth floatation process.
In this process, the sulphide ore is not concentrated by leaching with dil sulphuric acid.
Thus, the statement B is incorrect and the statement A and C are correct.

Write chemical equations for metallurgical processes to represent the reduction of $Cu _2O$ using charcoal as a reducing agent :

  1. $2Cu _2O\, +\, C\, \overset{\Delta}{\rightarrow}\, 4Cu\, +\, CO _2$

  2. $Cu _2O\, +\, C\, \overset{\Delta}{\rightarrow}\, 2Cu\, +\, CO$

  3. $3Cu _2O\, +\, 2C\, \overset{\Delta}{\rightarrow}\, 6Cu\, +\, CO +\, CO _2$

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Chemical equations for reduction of $Cu _2O$ using charcoal as a reducing agent : 

$Cu _2O\, +\, C\, \overset{\Delta}{\rightarrow}\, 2Cu\, +\, CO$.

This process is carbon reduction.


Hence option B is correct.

Chemical reactions of the hydrometallurgical extraction of copper is/are?

  1. $CuO\, +\, H _2SO _4\, \rightarrow\, CuSO _4\, +\, H _2O$

  2. $CuCO _3\, +\, H _2SO _4\, \rightarrow\, CuSO _4\, +\, H _2O\, +\, CO _2$

  3. $Cu _2S\, +\, 2H _2SO _4\, +\, 2O _2\, \rightarrow\, 2CuSO _4\, +\, SO _2\, +\, 2H _2O$

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D

Of the following reduction processes, correct processes are:

  1. $Fe _2O _3\,+\,C\,\rightarrow\,Fe$

  2. $ZnO\,+\,C\,\rightarrow\,Zn$

  3. $Ca _3(PO _4) _2\,+\,C\,\rightarrow\,P$

  4. $PbO\,+\,C\,\rightarrow\,Pb$


Correct Option: A,B,C,D
Explanation:

All the four processes are correct.
$ZnO+C\overset{1100^{0}C}{\rightarrow}Zn+CO$
$Fe _{2}O _{3}+3C\rightarrow 2Fe+3CO$
$Ca _3(PO _4) _2\,+\,C\,\rightarrow\,2P +3CaO + CO _2$
$PbO\,+\,C\,\rightarrow\,Pb +CO$

$AgCl$ (horn silver) is converted into $Ag$ by the pyrometallurgical method.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Pyrometallurgy is the process of extraction and purification involving the application of heat.

By this process chloride residues are smelted with an agent such as sodium silicate that provides alkali  metal oxide without generating gases, such as $CO _2$.
$2AgCl+Na _2O+SiO _2\longrightarrow Ag _2O+2NaCl+SiO _2$
$Ag _2O\longrightarrow 2Ag+\cfrac {1}{2}O _2$.

By annealing, steel :

  1. becomes soft

  2. becomes liquid

  3. become hard and brittle

  4. is covered with a thin film of $Fe _3O _4$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

By annealing, steel becomes soft.


In anealing, steel is first heated to bright redness and then cooled slowly.

When $FeCr _2O _4$ is heated with carbon an alloy called ferrochrome is obtained.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ferrochrome is produced by reduction of  $Cr-ore$ (an oxide of Chromium and iron) with coal and coke.

Ferrochrome is iron-chromium alloy. So, the statement "when $FeCr _2O _4$ is heated with carbon an alloy Ferrochrome is obtained" is correct.

In iron metallurgy, lime stone is used :

  1. To obtain heat energy

  2. To reduce iron oxide into iron

  3. As an iron ore

  4. To remove sand ($SiO _2$)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In the extraction of iron, the roasted ore is mixed with coke and lime stone (flux) and is then heated in the presence of air at high temperature in a furnace. Impurity of $SiO _2 $ is removed as calcium silicate $(CaSiO _3 slag)$.
$ CaCO _3\rightarrow CaO+CO _2$
$CaO+SiO _2\rightarrow CaSiO _3$

During smelting, an additional substance is added which combines with impurities to form a fusible product. It is known as :

  1. Slag

  2. Mud

  3. Gangue

  4. Flux


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Flux is a substance which may be either acidic oxide $(Si{O} _{2})$ or basic oxide $(CaO, MgO)$. It combines with certain impurities (gangue particles) in order to form a substance called slag. This can be easily removed.

The pyrometallurgical operations involve the use of:

  1. High temperature

  2. Sulphide ores

  3. Electrolysis

  4. Complexation


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Pyrometallurgy employs high temperatures to carry out smelting and refining operations to extract metals from their minerals. 


Hydrometallurgy uses aqueous solutions to separate the desired metals. Finally, electrometallurgy employs electrical energy to extract and refine metals.

Hydro-metallurgical process of extraction of metals is based on :

  1. Complex formation

  2. Hydrolysis

  3. Dehydration

  4. Dehydrogenation


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Hydrometallurgy is a technique involving the use of aqueous chemistry for the recovery of metals from ores, concentrates, and recycled or residual materials. This process is used in extraction of less electro positive or less reactive metals like gold and silver by complex formation. 

For the pyrometallurgical method used for the extraction of copper from sulphide ore, which statement(s) is/are correct?

  1. Pyrometallurgy is a dry method

  2. It involves concentration by leaching the sulphide ore with dil. $H _2SO _4$

  3. It involves concentration of the sulphide ore by froth flotation process

  4. It involves concentration by leaching for every ore


Correct Option: A,C
Explanation:
The copper is extracted from sulphide ore by pyrometallurgy which involves reduction of the concentrated ore at high temperature.
This process is a dry process.
In this process, the sulphide ore is concentrated by froth floatation process.
In this process, the sulphide ore is not concentrated by leaching with dil sulphuric acid.
Thus, statements B  and D are incorrect and statement A and C are correct.

Smelting involves reduction of metal oxide with:

  1. Carbon

  2. Self reduction

  3. Magnesium

  4. Aluminium


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Smelting is used to produce a base metal from its oreThe reducing agent is commonly a source of carbon such as coke, or in earlier times charcoal.

Copper can he extracted by hydrometallurgy but not zinc because:

  1. Copper is comparatively less active metal as its reduction potential is high. It can be displaced from solutions of $Cu^{2+}$ ion by more active metals.

  2. Zn displaced from solution of $Zn^{2+}$ ion, a more reactive metal than it, but then readily react with water forming their corresponding ions and evolve hydrogen gas.

  3. Both (A) and (B) are correct.

  4. Copper can never be extracted by hydrometallurgy.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Hydrometallurgy involves formation of aqueous complex compounds and is used in extraction of less electro positive or less reactive metals like gold and silver. 


  • Copper is  also comparatively less active metal as its reduction potential is high and it can be displaced from solutions of $Cu^{2+}$ ion by more active metals.

  • $Zn$ can also be displaced from solution of $Zn^{2+}$ ion by a more reactive metal than it, but then readily react with water forming their corresponding zinc ions and evolve hydrogen gas.

Metals which can be extracted by smelting process is/are:

  1. $Sn$

  2. $Cu$

  3. $Zn$

  4. $Al$


Correct Option: A,B,C,D
Explanation:

The process of extracting a metal from its oxide is known as 'smelting'. Most smelting processes involve direct reduction of the ore by carbon to metal and carbon dioxide. The production of primary aluminium is a good example of such a process.
Metals include copper, nickel, lead, zinc, silver, cobalt, gold, cadmium, etc.
Hence options A,B,C & D are correct.

Mercury containers are made of : 

  1. Fe

  2. Pb

  3. Sn

  4. Zn


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mercury containers are made of Iron because it does not form amalgum with iron.

Which of the following process involves smelting?

  1. ${2PbS+3O _2\rightarrow 2PbO+2SO _2}$

  2. ${Al _2O _3.2H _2O \rightarrow Al _2O _3+2H _2O}$

  3. ${Fe _2O _3+CO\rightarrow 2Fe+2CO _2}$

  4. ${Cr _2O _3+2Al\rightarrow Al _2O _3+2Cr+Heat}$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Smelting : The process of extraction of metal in its molten state by any reducing agent in presence of flux is called smelting. 
For example : oxides of less electro - positive metals like Pb, Zn, Fe, Cu are reduced by any other reducing agents.
Reactions:
${Fe _2O _3+3CO\rightarrow  2Fe+3CO _2}$

During the extraction of copper, the impurity (FeS) is removed as slag by mixing the contaminated copper ore with silica and coke. The molecular formula of slag is:

  1. $FeSiO _3$

  2. $Fe _2O _3$

  3. $FeSi\ (solid)$

  4. $FeSi\ (vapour)$


Correct Option: A

Aluminum metal is frequently used as a reducing agent for the extraction of metal such as chromium or manganese from their respective _______

  1. zinc

  2. oxides

  3. reduction

  4. none of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Aluminium is more electropositive than Cr or Mn.
Hence, aluminum metal is frequently used as reducing agent for the extraction of metal such as chromium or manganese from their respective oxides.
The process of reduction is known as Aluminothermy. Thermite mixture $Fe _2O _3 + Al$ in 3:1 ratio is used.
$Cr _2 O _3 + 2Al       \rightarrow      Al _2O _3 + 2Cr$
$3 Mn _3 O _4 + 8 Al    \rightarrow     4 Al _2 O _3 + 9 Mn$

The metallurgical process in which a metal is obtained in a fused state is called:

  1. Smelting

  2. Roasting

  3. Calcination

  4. Froth floatation


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
The process of extraction of metal in its molten state by any reducing agent in the presence of flux is called smelting. 

For example oxides of less electropositive metals like $Pb, Zn, Fe, Cu$ are reduced by any other reducing agents.

So, the correct option is $A$

Which one is mismatched ?

  1. Poling - refining of copper

  2. Cupellation - refining of silver

  3. Smelting - An oxidation process

  4. Roasting - An oxidation process


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Poling: The molten impure metal (Cu) containing oxides as impurities is stirred with green poles of wood which releases hydrocarbon gases. The hydrocarbon gases reduces oxide to metal. It is used in refining of copper.

Cupellation: Pb present in Ag is removed by this method. The impure metal is heated in a cupel or oval shaped crucible made of bone ash or cement and blast of air is passed over the molten mass. The impurities get oxidised and removed with the blast of air. It is used in refining of silver.

Smelting: The process of extraction of metal in its molten state by any reducing agent in presence of flux is called smelting. For example: oxides of less electropositive metals like Pb, Zn, Fe, Cu are reduced by any other reducing agents. Thus, smelting is a reduction process and not an oxidation process.

Roasting: The process in which the concentrated ore is heated in blast of air and ore gets converted into oxide and impurities like sulphur, arsenic are also oxidised to their oxides and is removed is called Roasting. It requires very high temperature and specialized furnace like Bessemer or reverberatory furnace. Thus, it is an ixidation process.



Haematite is an ore of :

  1. Fe

  2. Zn

  3. Cu

  4. Al


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Hematite is the most important ore of iron.

It is an iron oxide with a chemical composition of $Fe _2O _3$.
So answer is A.

$Fe _3O _4$ is the chemical formula of :

  1. monazite

  2. magnetite

  3. haematite

  4. bauxite


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

$Fe _3O _4$ is the chemical formula of magnetite.

Magnetite is the mineral of Iron.
Magnetite is the most magnetic of all the naturally-occurring minerals on Earth.
The chemical IUPAC name is Iron(ll,lll) oxide and the common chemical name is ferrous-ferric oxide.
So answer is B.

Reduction to free metal: some of the methods commonly used to get free metal from the concentrates ore are below.
Smelting: The process of extracting a metal in the state of fusions is called smelting. In this process the ore is mixed with carbon and heated in suitable furnace
Electrolytic reduction process: This process is used in the extraction of the alkali and alkaline earth metals, zinc and aluminium.
Self reduction process: The sulphide ores of less electropositive metals like Hg, Pb, Cu etc., are heated in air so asto convert part of the ore into oxide or sulphate which then reacts with the remaining sulphide ore to give the metal.

After partial roasting, the sulphide of copper is reduced by :
  1. Reduction by carbon

  2. Electrolysis

  3. Self-reduction

  4. Cyanide process


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
In the extraction of copper, metal is formed in the Bessemer converter due to self reduction as

${ Cu } _{ 2 }S+2{ Cu } _{ 2 }O\rightarrow 6Cu+S{ O } _{ 2 }$

Which metal among the following is present in human blood?

  1. Titanium

  2. Mercury

  3. Gold

  4. Iron


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Iron is present in human blood.

Reduction to free metal: some of the methods commonly used to get free metal from the concentrates ore are below.
Smelting: The process of extracting a metal in the state of fusions is called smelting. In this process, the ore is mixed with carbon and heated in a suitable furnace
Electrolytic reduction process: This process is used in the extraction of the alkali and alkaline earth metals, zinc and aluminium.
Self-reduction process: The sulphide ores of less electropositive metals like Hg, Pb, Cu etc., are heated in the air so as to convert part of the ore into oxide or sulphate which then reacts with the remaining sulphide ore to give the metal.

In the metallurgical extraction of zinc from ZnO, the reducing agent used is :
  1. $CO$

  2. $SO _{2}$

  3. $CO _{2}$

  4. $NO$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
In the metallurgical extraction of zinc from ZnO, the reducing agent used is C/CO.

$ZnO + C \rightarrow   Zn + CO$
$ ZnO + CO \rightarrow  Zn + CO _2$

Which of the following reaction represents the action of steam on heated iron?

  1. $3Fe+4H _2O\rightarrow Fe _3O _4+4H _2$

  2. $2Fe+3H _2O\rightarrow Fe _2O _3+3H _2$

  3. $Fe+H _2O\rightarrow FeO+H _2$

  4. $2Fe+H _2O+O _2\rightarrow Fe _2O _3+H _2$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
When steam is passed over a red hot iron to form the ferric oxide and hydrogen gas is released.

The action of steam on heated iron is represented as follows:

$3Fe+4H _2O\rightarrow Fe _3O _4+4H _2$

Hence, option A is the correct answer.

Which of the following is purest form of iron?

  1. Wrought iron

  2. Pig iron

  3. Steel

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Wrought iron is purest form of iron.

The smelting of iron in a blast furnace involves all the following processes except :

  1. combustion

  2. reduction

  3. slag formation

  4. sublimation


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The smelting of iron in a blast furnace involves all the following processes except Sublimation.

Sublimation is the transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas phase without passing through the intermediate liquid phase.

Which of the following methods is used in the concentration of haematite ore?

  1. Hydraulic washing

  2. Magnetic separation

  3. Froth floatation process

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

Which of the following is not an illustration of a smelting method?

  1. $2NaCl(fused)+electric \ energy\rightarrow 2Na+{Cl} _{2}$

  2. ${Al} _{2}{O} _{3}+3C \rightarrow 2Al+3CO$

  3. $2ZnS+3{O} _{2}\rightarrow 2ZnO+2{SO} _{2}$

  4. $CuO+{H} _{2}\rightarrow Cu+{H} _{2}O$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It is the process by which a metal is obtained, either as the element or as a simple compound, from its ore by heating beyond the melting point, ordinarily in the presence of oxidizing agents, such as air, or reducing agents, such as coke. An oxidising agent is used in case of Al,Zn and Cu and so sodium reaction is not a smelting method.

Reduction to free metal: some of the methods commonly used to get free metal from the concentrates ore are below.
Smelting: The process of extracting a metal in the state of fusions is called smelting. In this process, the ore is mixed with carbon and heated in a suitable furnace
Electrolytic reduction process: This process is used in the extraction of the alkali and alkaline earth metals, zinc and aluminium.
Self-reduction process: The sulphide ores of less electropositive metals like Hg, Pb, Cu etc., are heated in the air so as to convert part of the ore into oxide or sulphate which then reacts with the remaining sulphide ore to give the metal.

The metal extracted by electrolysis of its fused salt is :
  1. $Fe$

  2. $Pb$

  3. $Na$

  4. $Cu$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Na can not be obtained by electrolysis of the aqueous solution of salt as hydrogen ions have higher reduction potential than $Na^+$ so hydrogen ions will reduce first and we will get hydrogen gas instead of Na metal by electrolysis of the aqueous solution,

So sodium metal is extracted by electrolysis of its fused salt.

$NaCl \rightarrow Na^+ + Cl^-$


At cathode:
$Na^+ + e^- \rightarrow Na$

(a) In smelting process carried out in blast furnace for the exgtraction of iron, lower region of the furnace has the highest temperature.
(b) Formation of $CO$ from ${CO} _{2}$ and coke reduces the temperature of the middle region of blase furnace.
(c) Limestone is taken blast furnace as flux.
(d) Silica present in the ore as gangue is converted to fusible slag by the process of reduction
Which of the following regarding the process of smelting is correct?

  1. a, b and c

  2. b and c

  3. only a

  4. only d


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The extraction of metal in the fused state is termed smelting. The ore is reduced by carbon to the free metal. A hot blast of air (sometimes with oxygen enrichment) is blown into the lower section of the furnace through a series of pipes . Formation of $CO$ from $CO _2$ and coke reduces the temperature of the middle region of blase furnace. Flux is a chemical substance which combines with gangue at higher temperaturesto form easily fusible material called slag which is not soluble in the molten metal. Limestone is taken blast furnace as basic flux. Silica present in the ore as gangue is converted to fusible slag by the process of oxidation  in flux.

The manufacture of iron from iron ore involves the process of :

  1. oxidation

  2. reduction

  3. fractional distillation

  4. electrolysis

  5. None of the above


Correct Option: B

Nitriding is a process of heating steel in atmosphere of:

  1. $NH _3$

  2. $N _2$

  3. $O _2$

  4. $CO _2$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Nitriding is the surface hardening process where nitrogen is added to the surface of steel parts using dissociated ammonia as the source. Gas nitriding develops a very hard case in a component at relatively low temperature. It is carried out at temperature below the transformation temperature of alloy steels and parts to be nitrided are heat treated to proper strength level and finally machined.

(a) Thermite welding process exploits the difference in reactivity of different metals.
(b) Zinc spelter is used as cathode in electrolyte refining process of zinc.
(c) Iron is generally refined by electrolytic reduction process
(d) Iron is alloyed with other metals and carbon, only to prevent corrosion.
Which of the following options regarding the above statements is correct?

  1. a and d

  2. b and c

  3. only a

  4. a, b and c


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Thermite welding process exploits the difference in reactivity of different metals. Pure zinc rod is used as cathode while a block of impure zinc spelter is used as anode. Iron is generally refined by smelting process.Iron is alloyed with other metals and carbon prevents the oxidation of iron and formation of rust.

The percentage of carbon is the least in :

  1. White cast iron

  2. Grey cast iron

  3. Wrought iron

  4. Steel


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

1: wrought iron carbon content 0.05-0.25%
2 : white and grey iron is the type of cast iron which contain 2.14-6.67% carbon. 
3: steel contain 0.008-2.14% carbon So D. Steel has least Carbon %

Iron reacts with _______.

  1. cold water

  2. hot water

  3. water

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Iron reacts with oxygen and ions to make rust. after rust formation, it does not allow Iron to react with water.

Oven coke is used throughout the world in blast furnaces to make:

  1. gold

  2. biomass

  3. iron

  4. all of above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Coke is a fuel with few impurities and a high carbon content, usually made from coal. Oven coke is used throughout the world in blast furnaces to make iron.

The purpose of smelting an ore is to _________ it.

  1. oxidise

  2. reduce

  3. neutralise

  4. none of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Purpose of smelting an ore is to reduce it. $Fe _{2}O _{3}$ is ore and $C$ is reductant.

In smelting, $ Fe _{2}O _{3}+3C\rightarrow 2Fe+3CO$.

Which of the following processes involves the smelting process?

  1. $ZnCO _3 \rightarrow ZnO + CO _2$

  2. $2PbS +3O _2 \rightarrow 2PbO + 2SO _2$

  3. $Fe _2O _3 + 3C \rightarrow 2Fe + 3CO$

  4. $Al _2O _3.2H _2O \rightarrow Al _2O _3 + 2H _2O$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In smelting, Iron ore is reduced to iron.

$Fe _{2}O _{3}+3C{\rightarrow}Fe+3CO$

In the extraction of iron, slag is produced which is

  1. $CaSiO _3$

  2. $FeSiO _3$

  3. $CO$

  4. $MgSiO _3
    $


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
During extraction of iron, soda time is added in furnace because it combines with gangue to form slag
$CaO+SliO _2  \rightarrow CaSiO _3$
Basic        Acidic          Slag

Which of the following methods is not involved in metallurgy of iron?

  1. Calcination

  2. Smelting

  3. Concentration of ore

  4. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
(1) Calcination is the process in which the ore is heated below its melting point, either in the absence or in a limited supply of air, in an aim to drive off volatile expunges, moisture, water of hydrates and organic matter from the ore. All ores are minerals but all minerals are not ores.

(2)Smelting is a process when a metal which is more reactive than copper needs to be extracted. For example, zinc is more reactive than copper so it has to be extracted by smelting.

(3)Ores are solid material from which a pure metal can be obtained. The process of removal of unwanted material from the ore is known as concentration or dressing or benefaction of ores.

So Calcination, Smelting, Concentration of ore all the processes used in metallurgy.

Iron is an essential nutrient for plants, which absorb it from the soil. Iron deficiency is often found in wet, clayey soils that have a high content of:

  1. carbonate

  2. chloride

  3. phosphate

  4. sulphate


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Iron and carbon occurs combinedly. Iron ore contains carbon percentage more. In clay, wet soils carbon content is more. So, Iron deficiency is there. In reactions carbon changes to carbonate.

Iron is used in different forms, like, cast iron, steel, and alloys. The iron-carbon diagram is the basis for the branch of science known as:

  1. ferrous metallurgy

  2. stereochemistry

  3. carbon metallurgy

  4. organic chemistry


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The percentage of Iron and Carbon determine whether it is cast Iron, Pig Iron, Steel or Alloys. Hence this is known as Ferrous Metallurgy. The main contribution is given by Iron as every type of Iron contains more than 90% of Iron.

Magnetic ceramics or ferrites contain compounds of iron. These have been used:

  1. in panels for solar cells

  2. as memory elements in computers

  3. for building water-desalinators on ships

  4. for making transformers


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Magnetic ceramics or ferrites are used to store computer data in the residual magnetic fields of hard ferrite cores.

Which of these compounds does not exist?

  1. $CuCl _2$

  2. $CuI _2$

  3. $CuF _2$

  4. $CuBr _2$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Since, $CuCl _2$, $CuF _2$, $CuBr _2$ are stable and they exist but $CuI _2$ not, because Iodide ions are strong reducing agents, Therefore, copper (II) Iodide reduces to insoluble copper (I) iodide. Thus $CuI _2$ is not stable, so it does not exist in solution.

In which of the following pair(s), the minerals are converted in to metals by self-reduction process?

  1. $Cu _2S, PbS$

  2. $PbS, HgS$

  3. $PbS, ZnS$

  4. $Ag _2S, Cu _2S$


Correct Option: A,B
Explanation:

In the self reduction process, metal sulfide reacts with metal oxide to form free metal.
The conversion of metal ore to crude metal by self reduction process is carried for the pairs $Cu _2S, PbS$ and $PbS, HgS$.
For example cupric oxide reacts with cupric sulphide to form crude copper metal.
$2PbS+3O _2\rightarrow 2PbO+2SO _2$
$PbS+2PbO\rightarrow 3Pb+SO _2$ (self reduction)
$Cu _2S+2Cu _2O\rightarrow 6Cu+SO _2$
$HgS+2HgO\rightarrow 3Hg+SO _2$ 

Of the following reduction processes :

I. $Fe _2O _3\, +\, C\, \rightarrow\, Fe$        

II. $ZnO\, +\, C\, \rightarrow\, Zn$

III. $Ca _3(PO _4) _2\, +\, C\, \rightarrow\, P$

IV. $PbO\, +\, C\, \rightarrow\, Pb$

Correct processes are :

  1. II and IV

  2. III and IV

  3. I , II and IV

  4. all of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The ore is reduced to metal by reduction with carbon. This is carried out during smelting. All the given four processes are correct.

Which of the following steps are involved in hydrometallurgical process?

  1. $Cu _2S + 2Cu _2O \longrightarrow 6Cu + SO _2$

  2. $CuFeS _2 + 2H _2SO _4 \longrightarrow CuSO _4 + FeSO _4 + 2H _2S$

  3. $Ag _2S + 2NaCN \longrightarrow [Ag(CN) _2]^- + Na _2S$

  4. $CuCO _3 + H _2SO _4 \longrightarrow CuSO _4 + H _2O +CO _2$


Correct Option: B,C,D
Explanation:

Hydro metallurgy is a process of extraction of metals by converting their ores into aqueous solutions of metal compounds and reduction of these solutions using suitable reducing agents.Less electropositive metals like gold and silver are extracted by this method . 
Water, dilute acids or sodium cyanide solution are used to convert the metal present in the ore into solution.
Hence, the following steps are involved in hydrometallurgical process.
(B) $CuFeS _2 + 2H _2SO _4 \longrightarrow CuSO _4 + FeSO _4 + 2H _2S$
(C) $Ag _2S + 2NaCN \longrightarrow [Ag(CN) _2]^- + Na _2S$
(D) $CuCO _3 + H _2SO _4 \longrightarrow CuSO _4 + H _2O +CO _2$

Which of the following can be obtained by hydrometallurgy :

  1. Copper

  2. Gold

  3. Silver

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Hydrometallurgy is a method for obtaining metals from their ores. It is a technique within the field of extractive metallurgy involving the use of aqueous chemistry for the recovery of metals from ores, concentrates, and recycled or residual materials.

Hydro metallurgy : (Ag, Au, Cu) –  This is wet metallurgy process. 
$Cu \rightarrow Pyro + Hydro $
$Ag$ and $Au \rightarrow$ By cynide process

Steps are : (i) Complex formation (ii) Metal displacement

Formation of metallic copper from the sulphide ore in the normal thermo-metallurgical process essentially involves which one of the following reaction? 

  1. $\displaystyle CuS+\frac { 3 }{ 2 } { O } _{ 2 }\longrightarrow CuO+{ SO } _{ 2 };\quad CuO+C\longrightarrow Cu+CO$

  2. $\displaystyle CuS+\frac { 3 }{ 2 } { O } _{ 2 }\longrightarrow CuO+{ SO } _{ 2 };\quad 2CuO+CuS\longrightarrow 3Cu+{ SO } _{ 2 }$

  3. $\displaystyle CuS+{ 2O } _{ 2 }\longrightarrow { CuSO } _{ 4 };\quad { CuSO } _{ 4 }+CuS\longrightarrow 2Cu+{ 2SO } _{ 2 }$

  4. $\displaystyle CuS+\frac { 3 }{ 2 } { O } _{ 2 }\longrightarrow CuO+{ SO } _{ 2 };\quad CuO+CO\longrightarrow Cu+{ CO } _{ 2 }$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Thermo-metallurgical process:

Here first sulphide ore coverts into oxide and then self reduction occurs as:
$\displaystyle CuS+\frac { 3 }{ 2 } { O } _{ 2 }\longrightarrow CuO+{ SO } _{ 2 }$
$\ 2CuO+CuS\longrightarrow 3Cu+{ SO } _{ 2 }$

Match the column I with column II and mark the appropriate choice.

Column I Column II
(A) Electrical industry (i) Zinc
(B) Batteries (ii) Steel
(C) Gutter pipes (iii) Copper
(D) Gas stove (iv) Cast iron
  1. (A) $\rightarrow$(i), (B)$\rightarrow$(ii), (C)$\rightarrow$(iii), (D) $\rightarrow$ (iv)

  2. (A) $\rightarrow$(ii), (B)$\rightarrow$(iii), (C)$\rightarrow$(iv), (D) $\rightarrow$ (i)

  3. (A) $\rightarrow$(iv), (B)$\rightarrow$(iii), (C)$\rightarrow$(ii), (D) $\rightarrow$ (i)

  4. (A) $\rightarrow$(iii), (B)$\rightarrow$(i), (C)$\rightarrow$(iv), (D) $\rightarrow$ (ii)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
A. Copper is a good conductor of electricity. So, it is used in electrical industry.
B. Batteries are made up of Zinc.
C. Cast iron is used to make Gutter pipes
D. Gas stoves are made up of steel to prevent it from rest.
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