Question

Carbon cannot be used to reduce mg from mgo why

Answer 1

Answer:

Because carbon is less reactive than magnesium.

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Answer 2

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✭ The metals are placed at the top of the reactivity series as they are highly reactive. That is they react very easily.

✭ For those which belong to low or middle part of the reactivity series, Carbon can be used to reduce their oxides as it is a reducing agent. But, in the case of metals like magnesium which is highly reactive this can't be used as these metals have a more affinity (the urge for combining) towards oxygen than carbon. So, carbon cannot be used as a reducing agent here. .

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➝ Highly reactive metals like are extracted through this process.

➝ During this process, the molten chloride of the required metal is subjected to electrolysis which helps in the extraction of the metal. The extracted metal gets deposited at the cathode. Chlorine from chloride gets liberated at the anode.

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