Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Extraction of metals

Extraction of metals — practice question

A bicycle manufacturer wants to select an appropriate substance for bicycle frames. The table gives the properties of several materials that might be used.
(a)[3]

Which material would be the most suitable for the bicycle frame? Use the information in the table to justify your answer.

(b(i))[1]

State the name of the main ore of aluminium.

(b(ii))[1]

Suggest why aluminium is extracted by electrolysis and not by reduction with carbon.

(b(iii))[2]

Predict the products formed at the positive electrode (anode) and at the negative electrode (cathode) in this electrolysis.

(c)[4]

Describe what happens in these changes in terms of the distance between the particles and the type of movement the particles show.

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