Question 1 Report
(a) State the main ore of tin.
(b) Write an equation for the reaction involved in the smelting of purified tin ore
(c) List two alloys of tin
(a) Main ore of tin
Cassiterite, which is tin(IV) oxide, SnO2.
(b) Smelting of purified tin ore
The oxide is reduced by heating with carbon (coke) in a furnace: \[SnO_2 + 2C \rightarrow Sn + 2CO\]
(c) Two alloys of tin
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