Perfect 👍 — next in **periodic table order** is **Lead (Pb, atomic number 82).**
Lead is a **post-transition metal** that occurs primarily in **galena (PbS)**. Industrial extraction involves **roasting, smelting, and refining**.
Here are the **20 most common methods of extracting Lead**:
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# **20 Most Common Methods of Extracting Lead**
### **A. Extraction from Galena Ores**
1. **Mining of Galena (PbS) Deposits** – Primary source of lead.
2. **Crushing and Grinding of Ore** – Prepares material for concentration.
3. **Gravity Concentration** – Uses jigs, shaking tables to enrich PbS.
4. **Froth Flotation** – Separates lead sulfides from gangue.
5. **Roasting of PbS Ore in Air** – Converts PbS to PbO and SO₂ gas.
6. **Calcination of Lead Sulfate** – Produces PbO for smelting.
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### **B. Smelting and Reduction**
7. **Blast Furnace Smelting of PbO** – Reduces lead oxide to metallic lead using coke.
8. **Cupellation (Lead Refining with Air Blast)** – Removes impurities like silver.
9. **Reduction with Carbon (Coke) in a Furnace** – Produces crude lead ingots.
10. **Reduction with Hydrogen (Laboratory Scale)** – Produces high-purity lead.
11. **Electrolytic Refining of Lead** – Produces very pure lead sheets.
12. **Reduction of Lead Chloride or Nitrate** – Laboratory or experimental method.
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### **C. Recovery of Byproducts**
13. **Recovery of Silver from Lead Ores** – Often occurs during cupellation.
14. **Recovery of Sulfur Dioxide Gas** – Converted to sulfuric acid in industrial plants.
15. **Recovery from Lead-Containing Slags** – Smelting + chemical extraction.
16. **Recovery from Lead Battery Scrap** – Hydrometallurgical or pyrometallurgical recycling.
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### **D. Secondary Sources**
17. **Recovery from Industrial Waste Containing Lead** – Leaching and precipitation.
18. **Recovery from E-Waste (Lead Alloys, Solders)** – Chemical or thermal processing.
19. **Recovery from Lead Paint Residues** – Extraction via chemical leaching.
20. **Laboratory-Scale Extraction of Lead from Compounds** – Reduction of PbO, PbCl₂, Pb(NO₃)₂.
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✅ **Summary:**
* **Main industrial sources:** Galena (PbS) deposits, lead-containing industrial wastes.
* **Primary extraction steps:** Ore concentration → roasting → smelting → refining → recovery of byproducts.
* **Metallic lead:** Produced via carbon reduction, blast furnace smelting, or electrolytic refining.
* **Byproduct/secondary sources:** Silver, sulfur dioxide, battery scrap, industrial waste.
* **Laboratory/experimental:** Reduction of lead salts, electrolytic refining, chemical leaching.
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