Answer:
The chemical
reaction involving the reduction of ZnO by CO is not feasible thermodynamically:
This is because the
standard free energy of formation (
)
of CO2 from CO is higher than that of the formation of ZnO from Zn.
Thus, CO cannot be used to reduce ZnO to Zn.
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