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

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