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What is cinnabar? How is metal extracted from cinnabar? Explain briefly.​

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Answered by spbankingandsscserie
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Cinnabar, mercury sulfide (HgS), the chief ore mineral of mercury..

The metals being less reactive can be obtained by reducing their oxides to metals by heating alone.So when Cinnabar is heated in air it first changes into its oxide and then into mercury metal.

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