In metallurgical process, aluminium acts as:

an oxdising agent

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a reducing agent

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acidic flux

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basic flux

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Solution

The correct option is B a reducing agent
In metallurgical processes, $A l$ acts as a reducing agent.
Example, in thermite process:
$2 A l + C r_{2} O_{3} \to A l_{2} O_{3} + 2 C r + H e a t$ .
Here $A l$ reduces $C r_{2} O_{3}$ to $C r$ .

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