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Silicon dioxide (silica) is reduced to silicon with carbon. An excess of silica must be present to stop the formation of silicon carbide.

The silicon made by this industrial method is not of particularly high purity.
SiO2
  +  
2
C
         
Si
  +  
2
CO
Reactant Page Go To Go To
Silicon dioxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Carbon     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Silicon     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Carbon monoxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: AS
Extraction
Industrial Process: Inorganic
Redox
Reduction: Of Substrate By Reagent

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