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ChemistryGeneral Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements (Metallurgy)JEE Main

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Extraction of metal from the ore cassiterite involves [IIT JEE 2011]

Answer: (A)

Solution

Cassiterite is tin(IV) oxide, ; it is reduced with carbon in a reverberatory/blast furnace: . It is an oxide ore (not a sulphide), so self-reduction

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