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Reactive elements which displaces frist?
A more reactive element will displace less reactive element.
What is the most reactive element to the least !
Potassium, sodium, lithium, calcium, magnesium, aluminium, carbon, zinc, iron, tin copper, silver, gold
What happens in a reaction
Magnesium a more reactive element will steal the oxygen from Iron oxide to make Magnesium Oxide leaving Iron
What is the name of an element which loses Oxygen
This is called reduction
what does Oxidised mean?
Has gained oxygen as in the MgO
Why carbon is used in reduction ?
The carbon is used in reduction of Metals as it is very cheap.
Carbon + Iron Oxide
Iron + carbon dioxide
See 3:37 into this video if you can work out which reaction is not possible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXTSels6e2Y