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Alternative Metal Extraction: Phytomining and Bioleaching

10th Grade · Science · UK GCSE

9 lessons

Goal

Evaluate biological methods of extracting metals from low-grade ores to conserve finite resources and reduce landscape damage.

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  1. Depletion of High-Grade Ores and the Need for AlternativesUp next
  2. Phytomining: Plants as Metal AccumulatorsNot started yet
  3. Harvesting, Burning, and Processing Phytomining AshNot started yet
  4. Leaching Metal Compounds from Ash with Sulfuric AcidNot started yet
  5. Bioleaching: Using Bacteria to Extract MetalsNot started yet
  6. Displacing Copper from Leachate Using Scrap IronNot started yet
  7. Electrowinning Copper from Leachate SolutionsYou are here
  8. Evaluating the Advantages of Biological Metal ExtractionNot started yet
  9. Evaluating the Limitations of Biological Metal ExtractionNot started yet
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Learning standards covered

gbUK-GCSE-SCIENCE-CHEM-CI-03-02General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) · Science · 10th Grade

explain why and how electrolysis is used to extract some metals from their ores

Open Global Standard:OGS.11.PS.OR.3
gbUK-GCSE-SCIENCE-CHEM-CI-03-03General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) · Science · 10th Grade

evaluate alternative biological methods of metal extraction (bacterial and phytoextraction)

Open Global Standard:OGS.11.PS.OR.3
GlobalOGS.11.PS.OR.3