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Aluminium reacts with sulphuric acid to form aluminium sulfate.
Write the molecular formula of aluminium sulphate.

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Solution

$2 A l$ + $6 H 2 S O_{4}$ = $A l_{2} (S O_{4}) 3$ + $3 S O_{2}$ + $6 H_{2} O$
Thus ,molecular formula of aluminium sulphate is $A l_{2} (S O_{4}) 3$

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