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Carbon is used for reduction of some metal oxides.


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Carbon forms carbon dioxide when it reacts with some metal oxides.
Metal oxides are reduced to corresponding metals by using suitable reducing agents such as carbon. For example, when zinc oxide is heated with carbon, it is reduced to metallic zinc.
ZnO+CZn+CO2


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