A salt is made by adding an excess of an insoluble metal oxide to an acid. How is the excess metal oxide removed from the mixture?

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Solution

The correct option is B filtration
$Filtration is defined as the process of separating suspended solid matter from a liquid.$ $So it can be used to remove metal oxide from the mixture.$

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