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Q.

Metals like sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium are extracted by electrolysis of their chloride in a molten state. These metals are not extracted by reducing of their oxides with carbon because

A)    Reduction with carbon is very expensive

B)    Carbon readily makes alloy with these metals

C)    Carbon has less affinity for oxygen than these metals

D)     Carbon is weaker reducing agent than these metals  

 

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a

c and d

b

b and c

c

d and a

d

a and b 

answer is C.

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It is because these metals are highly electropositive and cannot be reduced by chemical methods. Hence we use electrolytic reduction of their molten salts for their extraction

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Metals like sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium are extracted by electrolysis of their chloride in a molten state. These metals are not extracted by reducing of their oxides with carbon becauseA)    Reduction with carbon is very expensiveB)    Carbon readily makes alloy with these metalsC)    Carbon has less affinity for oxygen than these metalsD)     Carbon is weaker reducing agent than these metals