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Carbon cannot be used as a reducing agent to obtain Mg from MgO. Why ?

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Dear Student, As Magnesium is an electropositive element and has more affinity towards oxygen than towards carbon therefore carbon can not be used to obtain Mg from MgO. Regards.

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