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Why is zinc notextracted from zinc oxide through reduction using CO?

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The standard Gibbs freeenergy of formation of ZnO from Zn
is lower than that ofCO₂ from CO. Therefore, CO cannot reduce ZnO to Zn. Hence,Zn is not extracted from ZnO through reduction using CO.

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