Metals are extracted from their ore through chemical reaction. Iron ore is an oxide of iron. The oxygen is removed from the ore by heating carbon with the ore to create molten iron and Carbon Dioxide.
any metal that is naturally found in the earth has an ore. iron ore, copper ore, gold, silver. etc. bronze does not have an ore, because it is a mixture of copper and tin, both naturally occurring metals. find a image of a Periodic Table of Elements via Google. everything from the squiggly line on the right, to the third row to the left, and in between has an ore...except mercury, its a liquid good luck
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This is the open pit mine. Surveys are conducted (including drilling) and mapping is done. Then, with the location of the ore bodies pinpointed, material is removed, drilling and blasting create the ore pile, and the ore is loaded and hauled to the crusher. From there is it off to the processing plant.
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Coltan is extracted through a process involving the mining of the ore from deposits, followed by the crushing and grinding of the ore to release the coltan minerals. This is typically done through open-pit or underground mining methods, depending on the location and accessibility of the deposits. The extracted coltan is then further processed to separate the tantalum and niobium minerals from other components in the ore.
Coltan is typically concentrated through a process called gravity separation, where the ore is crushed and then subjected to gravity-based methods to separate the heavier coltan minerals from the lighter gangue minerals. Another common method is magnetic separation, where coltan-bearing minerals are separated based on their magnetic properties. These processes help to increase the concentration of coltan in the ore for further processing.
One can mine coltan ore by extracting tantalum rocks. One can go to Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Ethiopia and Thailand to mine them. It is a profitable industry.
Coltan is used in other things besides phones, like hearing aids and pacemakers Coltan, or Tantalite is an ore mined in the DR Congo, (among other places) and is alleged to be the cause of war and unrest there.
Coltan is a combination of minerals columbite and tantalite, making it a mineral rather than an igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary rock.
No, coltan is not part of rare earth metals. Coltan is short for columbite-tantalite, which is a metallic ore that contains elements such as niobium and tantalum. Rare earth metals refer to a group of 17 elements on the periodic table.
That's tough, nobium and tantalum have such special characteristics that it isn't easy to find a replacement. Coltan is the colloquial African name for columbite - tantalite, a dull black, metallic ore from which the elements niobium (formerly "columbium") and tantalum are extracted.
Coltan is not an element on the Periodic Table. Coltan is a mineral from which niobium and tantalum are extracted from.
Coltan is mined in Eastern parts of Congo and Central Africa
Coltan was discovered in the 20th century, with significant deposits found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other regions in Africa. The name "coltan" is actually a combination of columbite and tantalite, the two main minerals that make up coltan.
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