Extracting metals from their ores
3 marks · EasyLead is less reactive than aluminium but more reactive than silver.
Name one method used to extract lead from its ore.
Would you expect to find lead in the Earth's crust as the metal or as a compound? Give a reason for your answer.
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(a) Reduction with carbon
(b) As a compound, because it is not unreactive enough to be found native / pure.
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Marking points
B1 (a) · 1 mark · Names reduction with carbon (or heating with carbon).
B1 (b) · 1 mark · States lead is found as a compound (not as the metal).
B1 (b) · 1 mark · Explains because lead is not unreactive enough to be found native/as a pure metal.
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a) Lead is extracted by reduction with carbon.
b) Lead is found as a compound because it is not unreactive enough to be found native (as the metal).