Chemistry, asked by dzasc30646, 10 months ago

Why is zinc not extracted from zinc oxide through reduction using CO?

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Answered by venkatmahesh06

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The chemical reaction involving the reduction of ZnO by CO is not feasible thermodynamically: This is because the standard free energy of formation ( ) of CO2 from CO is higher than that of the formation of ZnO from Zn. Thus, CO cannot be used to reduce ZnO to Zn.

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