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TS EAMCET · Chemistry · General Organic Chemistry

Which of the following element is extracted using \(\mathrm{I}_2\) as the reactant?

  1. A \(\mathrm{Ni}\)
  2. B \(\mathrm{Zr}\)
  3. C \(\mathrm{Al}\)
  4. D \(\mathrm{Cu}\)
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(B) \(\mathrm{Zr}\)

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Iodine is heated with zirconium to form a volatile compound which on further heating decomposes to give pure zirconium. Formation, \(\mathrm{Zr}+2 \mathrm{I}_2 \longrightarrow \mathrm{ZrI}_4\left(300-500^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\right)\) Decomposition,…