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In the extraction of copper from copper glance, the step in which the sulphide itself reduces the oxide (self-reduction) is

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D

Answer: B

After partial roasting, and unreacted react together and the sulphur of is oxidised to while copper(I) in both is reduced to the metal. The second reaction is roasting, the third forms slag and the fourth uses carbon as external reductant.
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