Studies of Heavy Metals
7.1 Copper :
Occurrence and extraction of copper from copper pyrite ; Properties (with air, acids, aqueous ammonia and metal ions) and uses of copper ; Chemistry (preparation, properties and uses) of blue vitriol ; Other compounds of copper (red oxide and black oxide of copper) formula and uses only
7.2 Zinc :
Occurrence and extraction of zinc from zinc blende ; Properties (with air, acid, alkali, displacement reaction) and uses of zinc ; Chemistry (preparation, properties and uses) of white vitriol
7.3 Mercury :
Occurrence and extraction of mercury from cinnabar ; Properties of mercury ; Chemistry (preparation, properties and uses) of calomel and corrosive sublimate
7.4 Iron :
Occurrence and extraction of iron ; Properties and uses of iron ; Manufacture of steel by Basic Oxygen Method and Open Hearth Process ; Corrosion of iron and its prevention
7.5 Silver :
Occurrence and extraction of silver by cyanide process ; Preparation and uses of silver chloride and silver nitrate.
