What chemical process is used for obtaining a metal from its oxide?
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The chemical process used for obtaining a metal from its oxide is reduction. In this process, the metal oxide is heated with a suitable reducing agent, such as carbon or a more reactive metal, to remove the oxygen and obtain the pure metal. For example, when zinc oxide (ZnO) is heated with carbon (C), it is reduced to metallic zinc (Zn) and carbon monoxide (CO) gas is produced. This reduction process is commonly used to obtain metals from their compounds.
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