Answer:
Some metals can be extracted from compounds by heating with carbon atom because they are less reactive than carbon and some metals cannot be extracted because they are more reactive than carbon atom.
Explanation: If the metal is less reactive than carbon atom so the carbon atoms make bond with oxide or other atom present with metal and the metal is free from that oxide or that element. But if the reactivity of metal is higher than carbon is unable to remove the oxide or element.
All are true except the statement that ions are formed by changing the number protons in an atom’s nucleus.
A neutral atom contains the same number of protons (positive charge) and electrons (negative charge).
If there are <em>more electrons than protons</em>, the atom becomes a <em>negative ion</em>.
If there are <em>fewer electrons than protons</em>, the atom becomes a <em>positive ion</em>.
The protons are in the nucleus, where we can’t easily get at them. The <em>electrons are outside the nucleus</em>, so other chemicals can easily get at them and either remove them or add to their number.
<em>Metals</em> have only a few valence electrons, so it is fairly easy to remove them and <em>form positive ions</em>.
