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Highly electropositive metals cannot be extracted by carbon reduction process because, these:

A

metals combine with carbon to form carbides

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B

metals do not react with carbon

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C

metal oxides are not reduced by carbon

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D

loss of metal is more in vaporisation

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The correct options are
A metals combine with carbon to form carbides
D loss of metal is more in vaporisation
Highly electropositive metals cannot be extracted by carbon reduction process because of two reasons
(i) Metals combine with carbon to form carbides.
(ii) Loss of metal is more in vaporization.

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