In the metallurgy of zinc, the reducing agent employed in reducing the zinc oxide to crude zinc metal in the last stage is:

A l

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L i

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Coke

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Water gas

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H_{2}

gas

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Solution

The correct option is B Coke
Coke reduces the zinc oxide into $Z n$ .
$Z n O + C 1673 k \to Z n + C O$

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