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Q.
Carbon monoxide is used as a reductant. It reduces
The p-Block Elements
Solution:
$CO$ reduces all metal oxides except $Al _{2} O _{3}$, alkali and alkaline earth metal oxides. A few reduction reactions are given below :
$Fe _{2} O _{3}(s)+3 CO (g) \longrightarrow 2 Fe (s)+3 CO _{2}(g)$
$ZnO (s)+ CO (g) \xrightarrow{\Delta} Zn (s)+ CO _{2}(g)$