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Assertion : Aluminium can be extracted from anhydrous aluminium chloride.
Reason: AlCl3 is a covalent compound.

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Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
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Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
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Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct
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Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect
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The correct option is C Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct
Heating anhydrous aluminium chloride solid does not produce aluminium, the hexahydrate of aluminium chloride decomposes to aluminium hydroxide when heated:
Al(H2O)6Cl3ΔAl(OH)3+3HCl+3H2O
Hence, Aluminium cannot be extracted from anhydrous aluminium chloride.
AlCl3 is a covalent compound.
Hence, an assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.

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