Highly electropositive metal (s) can not be commercially extracted by carbon reduction process at high temperature because these :

metal combine with carbon to form covalent carbide

metal combine with carbon to form ionic carbide

G_{f}

of highly electropositive metal oxide is having low negative value

Consider the following reaction at

100 0^{0} C

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As they are highly electropositive metals, high purity metal is obtained at cathode. They are not extracted through carbon reduction because they aren't reduced. It they are reduced also, They have impurities.

The metal combines with carbon to form ionic carbide

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