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Reaction of Metals with Water or Steam

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What happens when hydrogen reacts with metal oxides?

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Hydrogen removes oxygen from metal oxides and reduces them to metal.
For example,
$C u O (s) + H_{2} (g) \to C u (s) + H_{2} O (g)$

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