Question

Which is the cheapest and most abundant reducing agent employed in the extraction of metals ?

Answer 1

Carbon is the cheapest and most abundant reducing agent employed in the extraction of metals.

Answer 2

Carbon is the cheapest and most abundant reducing agent employed in the extraction of metals.

- When we extract metals from the metal oxides we have to eliminate the oxygen from the oxide by reducing the oxide compound.

- The most common and cheap reducing agent is the carbon which is widely used in the metallurgy industries.

- The carbon is an excellent reducing agent because it can be used into very high temperatures also.