Zinc oxide can be reduced to the metal by heating with carbon but not Cr₂O₃

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It is because carbon is more reactive towards oxygen than Zinc i.e. Carbon has more affinity for Oxygen than Zinc, whereas, Chromium has higher affinity towards oxygen than Carbon hence the Cr-O bond cannot be broken by Carbon . Hence Cr₂O₃ is not reduced.

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