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Uses of Metals
Chapter 11
Learning Objectives
• List the 3 main steps in the extraction of metal from its
ore.
• Describe the ease of metal extraction according to its
reactivity.
• Describe the extraction of iron from haematite ore in a
blast furnace.
• Relate the uses of metals to their properties.
• Describe metal ores as a finite resource and thus the
need to recycle metals.
• Discuss social, economic and environmental issues in
recycling metals.
difficult to
3 extract
quite easy
2 to extract
easiest to
1 extract
Extracting Gold
• Found embedded in rocks deep underground.
• Rocks are collected and crushed to free the gold
pieces in them.
Problems:
• can be more expensive
• can damage the environment
• cost of separating metal from waste is high
• collection of metals is troublesome