Smelting in Tasmania
Zinifex Zinc Smelter
Zinc is the metal produced at the Zinifex Zinc Smelter, it is an electrolytic plant, the amount of Zinc metal made at Zinifex Zinc Smelter annually is over 250,000 tonnes, and the base ore required for the production of Zinc metal is Zinc Sulfide found in the earth’s crust.
The formula for Zinc Sulfide is ZnS, Zinc Sulfide is required to be concentrated to be smelted, as when the ore is mined it rarely is rich, due to the ore mined only contains 5-15% Zinc, in order to concentrate this ore it needs to undergo being crushed and then grounded up to separate it from the other minerals, Roasted is the initial process at the plant which is oxidising Zinc sulfide concentrates at high temperatures into a impure
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The amount of zinc metal produced therefore is calculated by N=m/M
N= 2.5x10^11/65.37 = 3824384274 moles of Zinc to get the moles of re required to create 250,000 tons of zinc metal, we times 3824384274 x 1.85 =707511097 moles of Zinc ore which then can calculate as m=nM 707511097 x (65.37+32.06) =6.89x10^11grams / 1x10^6= 689328.056 tons of ore =689,328 tons of Zinc ore required for 250,000 tons of Zinc metal, therefore the waste is calculated by 689,328 – 250,000=439328 tons wasted (439,328 tons) which are copper, lead and iron. This is 689,328/250,000= 2.757 tons of zinc ore per ton of zinc metal, 1000/2757 = 36.3% of zinc ore becomes zinc metal
Pollutants are Sulfur dioxide, Nitrogen oxide, Pm10 particles (Big particles in the air, dust ,matter, etc.) And Carbon monoxide
Zinifex has spent more than 20 million on minimalizing its impact on the environment from their zinc production, they are cleaning up the Derwent, recovering Zinc from ground water and reducing noise and dust, part of the reason there is Zinc in the ground water is due to previous history of leaching into the
* Plants can remove metals from low grade ores. The metal can be recovered by processing the ash from burning the plants.
The percent water of CuSO4 • 5H2O resulted in 36.08%, whereas the percent water of ZnSO4 • 7H2O was 43.87%. By comparing all three, it is visible that the result of the Unknown A is close to ZnSO4 • 7H2O therefore Unknown A is most likely ZnSO4 • 7H2O.
Upon finishing the experiment it was concluded that the the ability to determine whether or not the ore should be mined was successful. According to the data results it was determined that
After conducting the experiment by trying to find the density of the post-1982 pennies. The average density found after doing the experiment was 7.042 g/mL. The density of zinc is 7.13 g/mL. However, errors may have occurred tampering the density that was discovered. For example, reading the water measurement slightly wrong when using water displacement to find the volume of the pennies or not placing the pennies correctly in the cylinder which could create air pockets .Due to the close difference between the
Being a water soluble, colourless and odourless chemical compound, zinc chloride is found useful in various industrial application like paper and cement manufacture. However, when working with zinc chloride, one has to be very careful as any contact with skin can cause irritation and that area must be washed thoroughly with soap. Also, it can be harmful if it goes in the eyes and, you must wash and rinse your eyes immediately. It might also be prudent to visit an eye specialist and get medication if required.
Pennies are composed mainly of zinc, which must be mined out of the ground. When zinc is mined out of the ground, toxic waste products such as sulfur dioxide and mercury are released into the environment. A Molecular Diversity Preservation International study in 2009 found that zinc mining operations produce about 0.58 tons of carbon dioxide every year. Once the zinc pennies blanks have been mined, refined, and trucked to processing plants, they are coated in copper. This copper must be mined from the ground, a process that consumes 37.5 gigajoules of energy for every ton of copper produced.
Seeing as though you I don’t know think that you know much about zinc I’ll tell you about it. Zinc is considered an ore, as an ore is a naturally occurring material that contains a high enough concentration of metal in it to make it worth extracting the metal from it.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES The learning objectives of this experiment are to. . . ! ! determine changes in enthalpy and entropy of the reaction of zinc with copper sulfate using two methods: electrochemistry and calorimetry. compare the enthalpy values obtained by the two methods. BACKGROUND Thermodynamics is concerned with energy changes that occur in chemical and physical process es. The enthalpy and entropy changes of a system undergoing such processes are interrelated by the change in free energy, ªG, according to the equation
Zinc is involved in the galvanising process of iron as well as steel’s resistance to a chemical reaction made in the environment known as corrosion. Alternatively, zinc is also used for medicinal purposes. It is the most essential chemical for human functioning. Zinc sulphate also plays the same role as the normal element ‘zinc’
* Iron Ore Company of Ontario is working in the business field of processing iron ore.
Pollution is defined as the process of harmful substances being released into the air. Some of these substances include Carbon Monoxide, Sulphur dioxide, Lead and PM2.5. PM2.5 is small particles which are smaller than 25 thousandths of a millimeter. This polluted air will fill your lungs with tiny particles and cause Lung cancer, Asthma and other heart and lung diseases.
To determine the enthalpy change for the displacement reaction between zinc powder and copper (II) sulphate solution.
There are many kinds of air pollution. The ones I want to talk about are the ozone, acid rain, carbon monoxide and toxic air contaminants. Ozone is formed when hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxide react in sunlight.
Zinc, number 30 on the periodic table and a bluish-white metallic element, exists naturally in air, water and soil. It is present everywhere in the environment. All life on earth has evolved in the presence of zinc. Natural processes such as erosion, forest fires, aerosol formation above the seas and volcanic eruptions continuously transport Zinc. Zinc melts at about 420° C and boils at about 907° C. Zinc is efficient for plants. Zinc-deficient soils present in many parts of the world are a cause of low crop yields. Not only does it help plants but also the human body. It is responsible for the proper functioning of more than 300 enzymes in the human body, and is vital for the immune system. It will also fight against cold
Mabati rolling mills need to raise funds of about 2.3 billion shillings, to include 55% of aluminum zinc to their state of the art continuous galvanizing line at Mariakani. This facility would add product diversity and would fasten the growth of the company in the competitive steel industry. Aluminum zinc in comparison with the ordinary steel coated with zinc was more durable and had a longer life span around 4 times more than the steel coated.