Key term for OCR GCSE Chemistry B, used in Metal extraction and reactivity.
The extraction of a metal from its oxide by heating it with carbon; carbon removes the oxygen to form CO₂ or CO.
Reduction with carbon appears in OCR GCSE Chemistry B revision content for Chemicals of the natural environment, especially Metal extraction and reactivity and Principles of metal extraction.
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