Which one of the following methods can be used to obtain highly pure metal which is liquid at room temperature?
Zone refining
Electrolysis
Chromatography
Distillation
The Correct Option is D
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Concepts Used:
Refining
Refining is an industrial process of reducing the impurities of a substance. In simpler terms, refining is a process of purification of metals to remove the impurities from them to obtain the metals in the purest form.
Refining Methods of Metals
There are various methods used in the refining process of metals. They are listed below-
- Distillation
- Liquidation
- Poling
- Oxidation
- Electrolytic refining
- Zone refining
- Vapour phase refining
- Van-Arkel method
- Chromatographic method
Check: Zone Refining