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Explain giving one example, how highly reactive metals (which are high up in the reactivity series) are extracted.
Explain giving one example, how highly reactive metals (which are high up in the reactivity series) are extracted.
CBSE | Chemistry | Class 10 | Exercise 1 | Lakhmir Singh | Metals and Non Metals
Explain giving one example, how highly reactive metals (which are high up in the reactivity series) are extracted.

Solution:

Electrolytic reduction of their molten chlorides or oxides extracts the highly reactive metals.

The electrolytic reduction of molten sodium chloride, for example, extracts sodium metal. When molten sodium chloride is exposed to an electric charge, it decomposes into sodium metal and chlorine gas.

2NaCl(l) → 2Na(s) + Cl2(g)

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