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The process that involves the removal of sulphur from the ores is :

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Sulphide ores are heated in excess air so that sulphur is removed as SO2.
Updated On: Nov 4, 2026
  • Roasting
  • Smelting
  • Leaching
  • Refining
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The Correct Option is A

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In roasting, the concentrated ore (usually a sulphide) is heated strongly in excess air below its melting point. Sulphur is oxidised and removed as SO2, together with other volatile impurities such as oxides of As and Sb, e.g. \(\mathrm{2ZnS + 3O_2 \rightarrow 2ZnO + 2SO_2}\).
Smelting reduces the metal oxide to the metal with carbon in a furnace, leaching dissolves the ore in a chemical reagent (e.g. bauxite in NaOH), and refining purifies the crude metal.
Answer: (1) Roasting
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