Without being able to predict the yield of an ore deposit there is no way to know if it will be a profitable investment. The mining industry costs a lot of money; therefore no one is going to put money into it to set up the equipment and infrastructure without knowing what quantities of ore is going to be produced and how long the production is going to last. Yield is basically how much of a certain metal is in a ton of ore. This allows the mining company to estimate the costs it is going to take to process the metal, to see if it is economically viable.
it is to extract the metal by electrolysis
Lithium is a metal
This depends on the value of electronegativity.
1. Concentration of the ores. 2. Converting the concentrated ore to its oxide. 3. Extracting the metal from its oxide. 4. Purification of the metal.
Fused salt electrolysis is generally used in extracting magnesium in metallurgy. In the extraction of metal, magnesium is usually extracted by the electrolysis of fused anhydrous MgCl2 because of its reactive nature. Another process uses silicon to reduce magnesium oxide.
Extracting a metal oxide from the ground
Smelt maybe?
Rock containing metal is known as ore - iron ore, copper ore, and so on. As to being worth extracting, depends on the richness of the metal deposits.
Ores
it is to extract the metal by electrolysis
Ores
The art and science of extracting the metal from their ore making their alloys for the benefit human being.
Extracting aluminum from bauxite ore requires a large amount of electricity.
Lithium is a metal
By knowing the reactivity series of elements, we can tell which elements will displace each other. So to extract a metal from an ore, you need to use an element higher up in the reactivity series, so that the metal will be replaced by the other element, and you are left with a more pure form of the metal.
This depends on the value of electronegativity.
1. Concentration of the ores. 2. Converting the concentrated ore to its oxide. 3. Extracting the metal from its oxide. 4. Purification of the metal.