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Give an example of when

carbon can displace a metal
from its compounds and when it cannot?

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If a metal is less reactive than carbon, it can be extracted from its oxide by heating with carbon. The carbon displaces the metal from the compound, and removes the oxygen from the oxide. This leaves the metal.

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