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The following questions are relevant to the extraction of aluminium:
Give a balanced chemical equation for the above reaction?

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$A l_{2} O_{3} .2 H_{2} O + 2 N a O H \to 2 N a A l O_{2} + 3 H_{2} O$
This reaction is used for the purification of ore.

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