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Question
The metal which can be extracted from pyrolusite ore is:
(a) mercury
(b) manganese
(c) aluminium
(d) magnesium
Solution
(b) manganese
Manganese is extracted from its oxide ore, pyrolusite. The name of the compound in the ore is manganese dioxide having chemical formula MnO2.
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