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Question
Assertion: Hydrometallurgy involves dissolving the ore in a suitable reagent followed by precipitation by a more electropositive metal.
Reason: Copper is extracted by hydrometallurgy.
Options
Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
Assertion is true but reason is false.
Assertion is false but reason is true.
Assertion and reason both are wrong.
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Solution
Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
Explanation:
Copper is extracted by hydrometallurgical process. In this process, salts of metal are dissolved in suitable solvent like water and then reduced by more electropositive element.
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