Question

Explain why, carbon cannot reduce oxides of sodium or magnesium.

Lakhmir Singh Chemistry Class 10

Answer 1

Hey there!

Carbon, in the form of Coke cannot reduce the oxides of Sodium or Magnesium (although it's a common reducing agent).

The reason is as follows:-

Sodium and Magnesium are highly reactive metals (as they occupy the top position in the activity series).
So, they have high affinity (attraction) towards Oxygen than Carbon.
Hence, Carbon iis unable to reduce the oxides of Sodium or Magnesium.


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Answer 2

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Carbon is less reactive metal , if we see the reactivity series sodium and magnets are highly reactive metals , and carbon is a strong reduce the strong oxidizing agent. Therefore,it cannot reduce the strong metal oxides .

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