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Why is zinc not extracted from zinc oxide through reduction using carbon monoxide?
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∙ 11y ago
Magnesium is a more reactive metal therefore for using any extraction method you would have to use electrolysis, which is expensive.
Whereas for zinc it is extracted from its ore chemically by reduction using carbon. When an ore is reduced you are taking the oxygen out of the metal, this is because carbon can only take the oxygen away from metals which are less reactive than carbon its self.
For example, zinc oxide is reduced in a blast furnace to make zinc.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoReducing agent should have more negative ΔG value. In case of zinc oxide ,Zn has more negative ΔG value then CO as you can see from elingum diagram, so it can not be reduced by CO.
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When you exhale do you breathe out carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide?
of course we breathe out carbon dioxide not carbon monoxide
How much carbon monoxide does soda have?
Soda does not have any amounts of carbon monoxide. It has carbon dioxide dissolved in it, but no carbon monoxide.
What is carbon reduction?
the process of carbon reduction is called carbon reduction process
Which is a colorless odorless pollutant surlfur dioxide carbon monoxide?
Carbon monoxide.
What product is released into Earth's atmosphere through the combustion of fossil fuels?
Carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and water vapor.
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How do you extract tin from it's ore?
Tin is extracted from its ore by heating it with carbon or carbon monoxide.
Write a word equation and a balanced equation for the reduction of zinc oxide?
If the reduction involves carbon getting oxidized, it would be... Zinc oxide + carbon -----------> Zinc + carbon monoxide that's ZnO + C ----------> Zn + CO or if the reduction involves carbon monoxide getting oxidized, it would be... Zinc oxide + carbon monoxide -----------------> Zinc + carbon dioxide that's ZnO + CO ----------> Zn + CO2
How are metals extractive?
well basically metal is extracted using carbon monoxide
How are minerals extracted from their ores?
metals are extracted from their ores according to their reactivity series.firstly, metals that are more reactive that carbon are extracted by electrolysis whic is breaking the compounds down using electricity.secondly, metals that are less reactive than carbon are extracted by reduction in which carbon is added to the metal ore, carbon react with oxygen and the metal remain by itself pure.example: Zinc oxide + Carbon ----> Zinc + Carbon dioxideGold and Platinum are found in nature by themselves.
What reaction is catalysed by a catalytic converter?
Oxidation of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide. Reduction of nitrogen monoxide back to nitrogen. Oxidation of hydrocarbons to water and carbon dioxide.
Can zinc iron and tin all be extracted by heating their ores with carbon monoxide?
Iron and tin can. But zinc is done by electrolysis as it is higher up the reactivity chain than either iron or tin- making it harder to extracted via reduction of CO to co2
What is the word equation for the reaction between iron oxide and carbon monoxide?
The symbol equation for the reduction of iron ore with carbon monoxide is Fe2O3 + 3CO ----> 2Fe + 3CO2. Iron is extracted from its oxide ores, primarily hematite, by reduction with carbon monoxide in a blast furnace.
Which gas enters the bloodstream through the lungs and binds to hemoglobin and reduces the amount of oxygen that reaches the body's organs and tissues?
Carbon monoxide
1 compound that reacts with oxygen?
For example methane gas; after burning carbon dioxide and water are released.
How do you make potassium polysulfide?
reduction od potassium sulfate by reducing agents such as hydrogen and carbon monoxide at high temperature.
What is an example of reductionism?
The reaction between magnesium oxide and carbon at 2000C to form magnesium metal and carbon monoxide is an example of the reduction of magnesium oxide to magnesium metal.
