Metals like sodium, potassium, magnesium, etc. are extracted by electrolysis of their chlorides in molten state.
These metals are not extracted by reduction of their oxides with carbon because:
Carbon has less affinity for oxygen than these metals
Carbon is a weaker reducing agent than these metals
These metals easily form oxides with oxygen, their oxides are very stable. Affinity to the oxygen is one the greatest of all elements.
Reducing agent is element or compound who loose electrons in chemical reaction. Sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium are very strong reducing agents because they easily loose one or two valence electrons.
Electrolysis is a chemical methode that uses electric currents for chemical reactions.
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Answer:
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Explanation:
Elemental antimony adults a layer structure (space group R3m No.166) in which layers consist of fused, ruffled, six-membered rings. The nearest and the next nearest neighbors form and irregular octahedral complex, with the 3 atoms in each layer slightly closer than 3 atoms in the next
Electric configuration : 4d^10 5s^2 5p^3
In an orderly, repeating, three-dimensional pattern called a crystal lattice.
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