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Which of the following reactions is an example of auto-reduction?

Auto-reduction is the reduction of less reactive metals like Hg, Cu, Pb etc by itself.

Copper sulphide reduces copper oxide to copper.


This is an exampleofauto-reduction because copper is reduced by itself.

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