Combined Science GCSE
Reactivity and extraction method
What Reactivity and extraction method means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Carbon can reduce oxides of metals below carbon in the series, while metals above carbon need electrolysis instead, and the more reactive the metal the more energy its extraction requires.
Topics that use Reactivity and extraction method
- Extraction of metals and reduction (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Evaluating
- Metal extraction
- Native metals
- Oxidation
- Oxygen transfer
- Reduction
- Interpreting
- Ores and compounds
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