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Carbon can reduce ferric oxide to iron at a temperature above 983 K because ______?

A. free energy change for the formation of carbon dioxide is less negative than that for ferric oxide.
B. iron has a higher affinity towards oxygen than carbon.
C. carbon monoxide formed is thermodynamically less stable than ferric oxide.
D. carbon has a higher affinity towards oxidation than iron.
Answer» E.


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