Except through electrolysis a metal in an oxide can only be replaced by a more reactive metal. If fact that is one of the measure of reactivity. Highly reactive metals such as magnesium are actually stronger reducing agents than carbon, so rather than carbon reducing their oxide, they will reduce oxides of carbon.
Elements that cannot be extracted by heating with carbon include those that are more reactive than carbon, such as the alkali metals and alkaline earth metals. These elements require more powerful reducing agents for extraction, such as electrolysis.
Copper is less reactive than sodium but cannot be extracted by heating with carbon in a furnace due to its position in the reactivity series. Instead, copper is typically extracted using electrolysis or by reduction with more reactive metals such as iron.
Metallic oxides such as copper, silver, and gold oxides cannot be reduced by hydrogen due to their low reactivity. These metals require more powerful reducing agents, such as carbon or carbon monoxide, to undergo reduction reactions effectively.
Metals less reactive than carbon, such as copper and silver, are extracted by reduction using carbon as a reducing agent. The metal oxide is heated with carbon (in the form of coke) to form carbon monoxide, which then reduces the metal oxide to the pure metal and carbon dioxide.
Carbon dating is typically used on organic materials containing carbon, such as wood, bone, cloth, and paper. Metals cannot be directly carbon dated because they do not contain carbon.
Alkali metals like sodium and potassium are very reactive and have a strong tendency to form compounds with other elements. When carbon is used for reduction, it is not strong enough to overcome the reactivity of alkali metals and therefore cannot reduce them. Specialized methods using more reactive materials are needed to reduce alkali metals effectively.
Elements that cannot be extracted by heating with carbon include those that are more reactive than carbon, such as the alkali metals and alkaline earth metals. These elements require more powerful reducing agents for extraction, such as electrolysis.
potassium, nickel, carbon
Carbon dioxide is not so reactive with metals; any reaction with niobium.
alkali metals
Copper is less reactive than sodium but cannot be extracted by heating with carbon in a furnace due to its position in the reactivity series. Instead, copper is typically extracted using electrolysis or by reduction with more reactive metals such as iron.
If you take iron ore, which is iron oxide, and heat it with coal (carbon) you end up with Iron and carbon dioxide. This process is called reducing. This works for most common metals like iron and copper but does not work for aluminium. This must be reduced by electrolysis because it is too reactive for carbon. There are some other limited processes for reducing of ores of rarer metals.
Metals are less reactive than carbon, so they are commonly extracted using reduction reactions. This involves using a more reactive substance, like carbon or a metal, to remove oxygen from the metal ore, leaving behind the pure metal. The reduction process helps to separate the metal from its ore efficiently.
Metallic oxides such as copper, silver, and gold oxides cannot be reduced by hydrogen due to their low reactivity. These metals require more powerful reducing agents, such as carbon or carbon monoxide, to undergo reduction reactions effectively.
Metals less reactive than carbon, such as copper and silver, are extracted by reduction using carbon as a reducing agent. The metal oxide is heated with carbon (in the form of coke) to form carbon monoxide, which then reduces the metal oxide to the pure metal and carbon dioxide.
Two processes used to extract metals are pyrometallurgy, which involves high-temperature processes such as smelting, and hydrometallurgy, which involves using aqueous solutions to extract metals from ores.
Most reactive metals are alkali metals, most reactive nonmetalas are halogens.Least reactive metals are platinum metals; least reactive nonmetals are noble gases.