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Cabon cannot reduce Fe(2)O(3) to Fe at a...

Cabon cannot reduce `Fe_(2)O_(3)` to Fe at a temperature below 983K because.

A

free energy change the formation of CO is more negative than that `Fe_(2)O_(3)`

B

CO is thermodynamically more stable than `Fe_(2)O_(3)`

C

carbon has higher affinity towards oxygen than iron

D

iron has higher affinity towards oxygen than carbon

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