The correct statement(s) related to processes involved in the extraction of metals is(are)

The correct statement(s) related to processes involved in the extraction of metals is(are)
 
  1. Roasting of Malachite produces Cuprite
     
  2. Calcination of Calamine produces Zincite
     
  3. Copper pyrites is heated with silica in a reverberatory furnace to remove iron
     
  4. Impure silver is treated with aqueous KCN in the presence of oxygen followed by reduction with zinc metal

Solution

The ore Calamine contain ZnCO3. The Calamine on heating produces ZnO.ZnCO3ZnO+CO2

Cyanide process, also called Macarthur-forrest Process, method of extracting silver from impure ores by dissolving them in a dilute solution of sodium cyanide in the presence of oxygen. The complex formed in the above process reduced to silver metal by the treatment with zinc.

O2+H2O+Ag+NaCNNaAgCN2+NaOHNaAgCN2ZnNa2ZnCN4+Ag

SiO2​ (Silica) is a flux material. It removes impurities as slag. Here, slag consists of Iron in Sulphide ore of Cu, here impurity is FeO.

FeO+SiO2FeSiO3

Malachite green is CuCO3.CuOH2 and cuprite is Cu2O. The ore malachite green on heating gives cupric oxide but not cuprous oxide.

CuCO3.CuOH22CuO+CO2+H2O

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Asked in: JEE Advanced 2023 (Paper 1)

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