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Jackie Huang 11 Chemistry To purify the ore, the copper is put through electrolysis, producing high purity copper. The copper is dissolved at the anodes and 2 of its electrons are travelled through the wires to, migrating it back to the cathodes, where the pure copper ions collect its 2 electrons.
At the anode: Cu(s) Cu2+(aq) + 2eAt the cathode: Cu2+(aq) + 2e- Cu(s)
5. Recount the steps taken to recycle aluminium. 1. Collect the used metals from factories, homes and shopping centres. 2. Transport the collected materials to a recycling plant, checked and separated. 3. The aluminium is taken to a furnace to melt the material. 4. Then cooled and made into thin sheets. 5. This is then made into commercial products such as cans and other packaging. 6. Justify the increased recycling of metals in our society and across the world. The recycling of metals in our society is a necessity. The increase of metal costs and the diminishing of the amount of metals are a clear problem. Recycling is used to replenish the metals supply for the world. It is also much cheaper to recycle than mine and purify ores for the metal. The non-renewable natural sources of metals are conserved, which counter the problem of the Earth running out of metals. Recycling also helps control pollution levels. By recycling, there is less waste disposal which is also beneficial. Therefore, increased recycling in our society is needed to maintain a sufficient amount of metals. 7. Discuss the importance of predicting yield in the identification, mining and extraction of commercial ore deposits. Without being able to predict the yield of an ore deposit there is no way to know if it will be a profitable commercial investment. Yield is the amount of profit a company will make after the difference of its total spent. Mining is a costly business; companies will need to determine its yield on an ore deposit to determine if they should mine there. This is essential as companies will invest money to set up equipment and infrastructure without having a good idea of what quantities they will mine. It also helps determine how long the life time of the ore deposit and how long it will last. Companies need this information to decide whether to invest into these areas. 8. Analyse information to compare the cost and energy expenditure involved in the extraction of aluminium from its ore and the recycling of aluminium. Aluminium is the third most abundant metal in the Earths crust, but is more expensive to extract it from its ore than iron. To extract it, a large amount of electricity is used for electrolysis which increases the cost. To extract it from its recycled scraps, only 5% of the energy needed from extracting it from its ore is used. This clearly shows the difference of energy and cost in extracting from its ore and from its recyclables.