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Grade 10Physical Chemistry

whar chemical process is used for obtainig a metal from its oxide

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11 Years agoGrade 10
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Profile image of Ashutosh Garg
11 Years ago
A metal can be extracted from its oxide by the process of reduction. Reduction of metal oxides usually involves heating it with some other substance acting as a reducing agent (C or CO or even other metal)
             
                            MxOy + yC  --------->  xM + yCO
 
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