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p-Block Elements - I
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Hydrogen gas will not reduce
A
Heated cupric oxide
B
Heated ferric oxide
C
Heated stannic oxide
D
Heated aluminium oxide
(IIT-1984)
Solution
Aluminium oxide cannot be reduced by hydrogen even under very hot conditions because $Al$ is more reactive than $H$. While other oxides can be reduced by hydrogen as they are below hydrogen in the metal reactivity series.
Standard 11
Chemistry