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Above about 700 °C, which oxide of carbon dominates per the Boudouard reaction?
AC2O3
BCO
CC3O2
DCO2
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. CO
At high temperature CO is favoured, so carbon becomes a better reductant the hotter it gets.
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