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Process of heating ore in air to remove sulphur is :

Options

A.calcination
B.roasting
C.smelting
D.none of these

Solution

Roasting is a process of heating the concentrated ore (generally sulphide ore) strongly in the excess of air or O2 below its melting point. During roasting impurities of As, Sb, P and S escape as their volatile oxides.
       S (s) + O2 (g) → SO2 (g)

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