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Ellingham diagrams plot the change in Gibbs free energy (ΔG) versus temperature for oxidation reactions involving metals. They help predict whether a metal oxide can be reduced to the metal thermally. If ΔG is negative, the reaction releasing energy is feasible. The diagrams show metal oxides have more positive ΔG values at lower temperatures, making reduction difficult, but ΔG becomes more negative at higher temperatures, favoring reduction. They explain industrial metal extraction processes like using cok
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