JEE Main Chemistry question

Chemistry General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements (Metallurgy)JEE Main

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Which of the following metals cannot be extracted by carbon reduction process?

(A)Zn
(B)AlCorrect
(C)Hg
(D)Pb

Answer: (B)

Solution

Aluminium is a strongly electropositive metal; carbon cannot reduce AlO under practical furnace conditions (it instead tends to form aluminium carbide), so Al must

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