Why is carbon monoxide a good reducing agent?
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Both thermodynamic and kinetic factors make carbon monoxide (CO) a better reducing agent than carbon. When coke or coal is used to reduce a metal oxide, it gets oxidized to CO. ... So, the second reaction with CO as the reducing agent is more favourable than the first one
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Answer:Carbon Monoxide
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Both thermodynamic and kinetic factors make carbon monoxide (CO) a better reducing agent than carbon. When coke or coal is used to reduce a metal oxide, it gets oxidized to CO. ... So, the second reaction with CO as the reducing agent is more favourable than the first one
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