Question

3. What chemical process is used for obtaining a metal from its oxide?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Reduction method is used to obtain metal from its oxide. Ex: Zinc oxide is reduced to metallic zinc by Heating with carbon.

• ZnO + C → Zn + CO

Ex: Lead oxide is reduced to lead by heating with carbon

• PbO +C → Pb + CO

Answer 2

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• Reduction process is used for converting metal oxides into metal. Various reducing agents are used for different metal oxides to obtain free metal.
• The reduction process is useful to obtain free metal from oxides.