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damaskus [11]
3 years ago
7

Why is carbon used to extract metals from their oxides? ​

Chemistry
1 answer:
pashok25 [27]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

If a metal is less reactive than carbon, it can be extracted from its oxide by heating with carbon. The carbon displaces the metal from the compound, and removes the oxygen from the oxide. This leaves the metal.

Explanation:

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