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Properties & Uses of Aluminium

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Aluminium is not acted upon by pure water as :

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impurities in water are essential for the reaction to occur

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it is protected by a film of aluminium oxide

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it is a non-reactive metal

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it is protected by a film of aluminium sulphide

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The correct option is A it is protected by a film of aluminium oxide
Aluminium oxide is responsible for the resistance of metallic aluminium to weathering. Metallic aluminium is very reactive with atmospheric oxygen, and a thin passivation layer of aluminium oxide (4 nm thickness) forms on any exposed aluminium surface. This layer protects the metal from further oxidation.

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'Alumina (Aluminium oxide) has a very high melting point of over 2000 C so that it cannot readily be liquefied. However, conversion of alumina to aluminium and oxygen, by electrolysis, can occur when it is dissolved in some other substance'.
(a) Which solution is used to react with bauxite as a first step in obtaining pure aluminium oxide?
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(c) Name the element which serves both as anode and the cathode in the extraction of aluminium.
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(e) Give the balanced chemical equation for the reaction which occurs at the anode when aluminium is purified by electrolysis.

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