Because gold is already found in its 'native'o or unreacted state
carbon granules are then added to the solution, get the gold to pull from the cyanide solution and attaches to the carbon. The gold is then removed from the carbon by been washed in caustic cyanide solution. the carbon is them reused.
You can !!! However, gold is a very inert element and is found 'native'; as nuggets. So there is no need to reduce goild with carbon.
Metals are extracted from ores. An ore is a rock that contains enough of a mineral (metal compound) for the metal to be extracted from it. Most metals are extracted from an ore by reduction with carbon or by electrolysis.
The carbon combines with the oxygen in the ore, separating it from the iron.Excess carbon alloys with the extracted iron, hardening it.
By reduction-oxidation reaction you can extract metals, including Gold, from ore.
carbon granules are then added to the solution, get the gold to pull from the cyanide solution and attaches to the carbon. The gold is then removed from the carbon by been washed in caustic cyanide solution. the carbon is them reused.
Carbon
You can !!! However, gold is a very inert element and is found 'native'; as nuggets. So there is no need to reduce goild with carbon.
Highly toxic cyanide is used to extract gold ore.
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Metals are extracted from ores. An ore is a rock that contains enough of a mineral (metal compound) for the metal to be extracted from it. Most metals are extracted from an ore by reduction with carbon or by electrolysis.
The carbon combines with the oxygen in the ore, separating it from the iron.Excess carbon alloys with the extracted iron, hardening it.
By reduction-oxidation reaction you can extract metals, including Gold, from ore.
- If you think to gold bromide this is used as catalyst in organic chemistry or for the detection of ketamine.- A bromine/bromide mixture was proposed to extract gold from minerals.
you take the gold out of it
The process that uses cyanide to extract gold from ore is called cyanidation or the cyanide leaching process. It involves treating the ore with a weak cyanide solution, which dissolves the gold and forms a soluble complex. The gold is then recovered from the solution by various methods such as carbon adsorption, precipitation, or electro-winning.
At one time, mercury WAS used to extract gold from gold ore. The rock was crushed, and washed over a copper sheet coated with mercury. Gold forms an amalgam with mercury, and some of the gold would be trapped in the mercury. The mercury would be scraped from the copper, and distilled, leaving behind the gold. Other processes are used today.