Neither, copper is an element.
Copper is typically separated from its ore through a process called froth flotation. This involves mixing the crushed ore with water and chemicals to create a frothy mixture. Air bubbles are then introduced, which attach to the copper particles, allowing them to float to the surface where they can be skimmed off.
a copper ore
The mineral malachite is an ore of copper.
A refinery separates copper from its ore.
Most copper ore occurs as copper in combination with oxygen, yes.
Iron ore is a mixture.
The most common ore of copper is Copper pyrite CuFeS2 but other ores are also exist.
Copper is typically extracted from the ore chalcopyrite, which is a copper iron sulfide mineral. Other ores that contain copper include bornite, chalcocite, and covellite.
It depends upon nature of ore the most common ore of copper is Copper pyrite CuFeS2. the extraction of copper from this ore involves the following steps, 1-crushing, 2-grinding, 3-concentration of ore, 4-roastiong, 5-smelting, 6- preparation of blister copper and 7- electrorefining of blister copper.
Copper Ore.
Copper metal can be prepared by roasting copper ore, which can contain cuprite (Cu2S) and Copper (II) sulfide. Cu2S + O2 -> 2Cu + So2 CuS + O2 -> Cu + SO2 Suppose an ore sample contains 11.0% impurity in addition to a mixture of CuS and Cu2S. Heating 100.0 g of the mixture produces 75.4 g of copper metal with a purity of 89.5%. What is the weight percent of CuS in the ore? The weight percent of Cu2S? Clicked enter too fast, sorry.
Iron ore is a heterogeneous mixture.