aluminium metal is highly reactive yet used to make utensils for cooking .why?

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Dear Student,

Following are the two reasons beacuse of which Al is used for making utensils for cooking.

Aluminum is good conductor of heat.

It does not undergo corrosion easily: Corrosion of aluminium occurs when the metal is exposed to oxygen, according to the following reaction:

4 Al(s) + 3 O ₂ (g) → 2 Al ₂O ₃ (s)

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