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What type of chemical reaction is represented by the following chemical equation? What does it tell us about the relative chemical reactivities of iron and aluminium?
Fe2O3 + 2Al → Al2O3 + 2Fe
State one use of the above chemical reaction.

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Following chemical reaction an example of displacement reaction and redox reaction.

Fe2O3 + 2Al → Al2O3 + 2Fe

As aluminium is more reactive than iron it will displace iron from iron oxide and forms aluminium oxide.
Iron loses oxygen and aluminium gains oxygen, so iron is reduced and aluminum is oxidized.

Since it is a highly exothermic reaction, it is used for welding purposes.

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