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Oxides of the various metals are converted into metal by heating but not in :

Oxides of the various metals are converted into metal by heating but not in :

  • A. \( A g_{2} O \)
  • B. \( C u O \)
  • C. \( H g O \)
  • D. All of these

Step-by-step solution

Ag2O and HgO decompose upon heating to form the respective metal and oxygen, but CuO does not decompose to Cu metal by heating alone; it requires a reducing agent.
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