📌 Metals and Extraction Methods 📌 Metals: Naturally occurring elements that are typically hard, shiny, and have good electrical and thermal conductivity. 📌 Extraction Methods: ⚙️ Physical Methods: Crushing and Grinding Magnetic Separation ⚙️ Chemical Methods: Roasting: Converting sulphides to oxides Smelting: Reducing oxides to metals (e.g., Iron from Iron ore) Electrolytic Reduction: Used for highly reactive metals (e.g., Aluminum from Bauxite) Hydrometallurgy: Using aqueous solutions to ext