Question:
Why should the metal sulphides and carbonates be converted to metal oxides in the process of extraction of metal from them ?
Solution:
It is quite easy to obtain a metal from metal oxide by carrying its reduction with a suitable reducing agent. However, metal sulphides and carbonates
are converted to the oxide form and then reduced.
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