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



Answer -

The standard Gibbs free energy offormation of ZnO from Zn

is lowerthan that of CO2┬аfromCO. Therefore, CO cannot reduce ZnO to Zn. Hence, Zn is not extracted from ZnOthrough reduction using CO.

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