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Question
Give a reason for the following.
Hydrogen and alkali metals of group 1 [IA] react with copper [II] oxide to give copper.
Solution
Hydrogen and alkali metals act as reducing agents and reduce CuO to Cu.
\[\ce{CuO + H2->Cu + H2O}\]
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