Chemistry · Importance of coordination compounds (in qualitative analysis, extraction of metals and in biological systems)

Silver can be obtained from silver glance by:

Silver can be obtained from silver glance by:

  • A. from floatation followed by polling
  • B. leaching by \( N a C N \) followed by thermal reduction
  • C. leaching by \( \left(N a C N+O_{2}\right) \) followed cupellation
  • D. None of these

Step-by-step solution

Silver glance (Ag2S) is extracted by leaching with sodium cyanide in presence of oxygen to form soluble complex Na[Ag(CN)2]. The solution is then treated with zinc to precipitate silver, which is further purified by cupellation. Thus, option C correctly describes the cyanide leaching with O2 followed by cupellation.
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