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What does mining have to do with metal ores?
You have to mine the metal ore (an ore is a rock containing a metal compound) before you can extract the metal from it.
What is the process when you separate a metal from its ore?
Smelting
Process in which an ore is melted to separate the useful metal from other elements the ore contains?
Smelting
Is smelting what causes a metal to separate from it's ore?
Yes.
What is an ore that is mixed with other substances and then melt to separate the useful metal from other elements the ore contains in the process?
Hfet
What is used in a floatation cell to separate a metal compound from its ore?
the froth mechanism
What is used in a flotation cell to separate a metal compound and its ore?
Its the froth mechanism in the flotation cell.
What does mining have to do with metal ores?
You have to mine the metal ore (an ore is a rock containing a metal compound) before you can extract the metal from it.
What happens when making metal?
You can not actually make metal but you can obtain metal from an ore of that metal. The ore is a chemical compound of that metal and the process of smelting the ore involvesf breaking the compound up using heat and "reducing it" essentially removing oxygen - to leave the pure metal.
What is the process when you separate a metal from its ore?
Smelting
Why is it hard to extract a metal from its ore?
The ore contain frequently the metal in a compound and also have many impurities. The concentration of the metal is generally low.
What are natural compound of metals called?
The natural compound of a metal is called Ore.
Cerussite is the ore of what metal?
Cerussite is an important ore of Lead.
Process in which an ore is melted to separate the useful metal from other elements the ore contains?
Smelting
What metal compound comes from the metal ore calcite?
Calcite is calcium carbonate - CaCO3.
Is smelting what causes a metal to separate from it's ore?
Yes.
Why ore of copper is not concentrated by hydraulic washing?
Copper ore, usually in the form of malachite, needs to be refined through a chemical reaction, rather than a mechanical separation as with washing. It needs to be ground and heated to separate out the copper metal from the compound.
