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making copper
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Aim: My aim in this experiment is to extract a copper from an ore. Introduction: In the earth that we are living right now, copper is the earth's 25th most abundant element, but also one of the less common first row transition metals. It occurs as a soft reddish metal that can be found native as large boulders weighing several hundred tons or as sulphide ores. An ore is a rock containing minerals in adequate concentration, amounts, and value to be mined at a profit. The definition of this ore changes as knowledge improves, today's ore being yesterday's valueless pile of rock. I will now carry out an assessment to try change copper sulphate from malachite, which then can be converted in to copper. Metal + oxygen> metal oxide Apparatus and equipments: * Safety glasses * 10g of copper carbonate * scales * Measuring cylinder * 250cm3 beaker * Glass rod * 1m sulphuric acid (H2SO4) * Funnel * Bunsen burner *...
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