Question:
$\text{The correct match among the following is:}$ $\begin{array}{|c|c|} \hline \text{Column I} & \text{Column II} \\ \hline \text{(a) Boron} & \text{(i) Van Arkel method} \\ \text{(b) Tin} & \text{(ii) Mond's process} \\ \text{(c) Zirconium} & \text{(iii) Liquation} \\ \text{(d) Nickel} & \text{(iv) Zone refining} \\ \hline \end{array}$
Solution:
$\text{1. Zone refining: In this method, a heater is fixed at one end of a rod of impure metal. As the heater moves,}$ $\text{the molten zone of the rod also moves along with it.}$ $\text{Due to this, pure metal crystallizes out and the impurities pass to the adjacent molten zone.}$ $\text{This process is repeated several times, which leads to the segregation of impurities at one end of the rod.}$ $\text{Then, the end with the impurities is cut off. Silicon, boron, gallium, indium etc. can be purified by this process.}$ $\text{2. Liquation Process: Liquation is a metallurgical technique to separate metals from an ore, metal or alloy.}$ $\text{This is done by heating the material until one of the constituents starts melting and the other remains solid.}$ $\text{The liquid melt is drained away from the other and collected.}$ $\text{Liquation is used for the refining of metals which are readily fusible, such as Pb, Sn, Bi and Hg as compared to impurities.}$ $\text{3. Mond process: In this process, nickel is heated in a stream of carbon monoxide forming a}$ $\text{volatile complex named nickel tetracarbonyl. This complex is decomposed at a}$ $\text{higher temperature to obtain pure metal.}$ $\text{The reaction is as follows:}$ $\text{Ni + 4CO} \rightarrow \text{Ni} \left( \text{CO} \right)_4$ $\text{Ni} \left( \text{CO} \right)_4 \rightarrow \text{Ni} + 4 \text{CO}$ $\text{4. Van Arkel process: This method is very useful for removing all the oxygen and nitrogen}$ $\text{present in the form of impurity in certain metals like Zr and Ti. The crude metal is heated in an}$ $\text{evacuated vessel with iodine.}$ $\text{The metal iodide being more covalent and volatilize.}$ $\text{Zr + 2I}_2 \rightarrow \text{ZrI}_4$ $\text{The metal iodide is decomposed on a tungsten filament, electrically heated to about 1800K.}$ $\text{The pure metal deposits on the filament.}$ $\text{ZrI}_4 \rightarrow \text{Zr} + 2\text{I}_2$