ICSE Class 10 Chemistry 2015 Solved Paper
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Give appropriate scientific reasons for the following statements :
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Zinc oxide can be reduced to zinc by using carbon monoxide, but aluminium oxide cannot be reduced by a reducing agent.
Solution:
Zinc is comparatively less reactive. So its oxideis less stable and hence it can be reduced by reducing agent whereas Aluminium is very reactive due to which its oxide is quite stable and it can not be reduced by a reducing agent it can be reduced only by electrolytic reduction.
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