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Extraction of copper from its sulphide ore.

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`underset("sulphide")underset("Cuprous")(2Cu_(2)S_((s)))+underset(" Oxygen")(3O_(2(g)))overset(" heat")rarrunderset("oxide")underset("Cuprous")(2Cu_(2)O)+underset("dioxide")underset("Sulphur")(2SO_(2(g)))`
`underset("oxide")underset("Cuprous")(2Cu_(2)S_((s)))+underset("sulphide")underset("Cuprous")(Cu_(2)S_((s)))overset("heat")rarrunderset("copper")(6Cu_((s)))+underset("dioxide")underset("Sulphur")(SO_(2(g)))`
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