Key term for Edexcel GCSE Chemistry, used in Obtaining and Using Metals.
Rock containing only a small percentage of a metal, making it too expensive and difficult to extract using traditional high-heat smelting methods.
Low-grade ore appears in Edexcel GCSE Chemistry revision content for Extracting Metals and Equilibria, especially Obtaining and Using Metals and Biological Extraction Methods.
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