Core & Ext. Metals: Extraction
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Paper 3 Practice Questions
•(ii) Write an equation for the reduction of zinc oxide by carbon. [2]
•(iii) The boiling point of lead is 1740 °C and that of zinc is 907 °C. Explain why, when both oxides are reduced by heating with carbon at 1400 °C, only lead remains in the furnace. [2]
4. J03/3/1. No one knows where iron was first isolated. It appeared in China, the Middle East and in Africa. It was obtained by reducing iron ore with charcoal.