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Why is zinc not extracted from zinc oxide through reduction using CO?

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Zinc is extracted from zinc oxide using carbon (coke) instead of CO. ZnO+C rarr Zn+CO uparrow The reduction of Z nO to Z n using CO may require very high temperature.
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