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Why can the oxides of highly reactive metals not be reduced by carbon?
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Solution
Oxides of highly reactive metals cannot be reduced by carbon because these metals have a stronger affinity for oxygen than carbon does. This means that the metal oxides are very stable, and carbon is not a strong enough reducing agent to remove oxygen from them.
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