Carbon can reduce copper oxide to copper but not CaO to Ca. Why? – InterviewSolution

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1.	Carbon can reduce copper oxide to copper but not CaO to Ca. Why?
Answer» SOLUTION :C is a STRONG reducing agent and can reduce CUO as follows: `CuO+C to Cu+CO uparrow` Ca is much more REACTIVE than Cu and has greater AFFINITY for oxygen than C has, So, carbon cannot reduce CaO to Ca.

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