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Aluminium metal is frequently used as a reducing agent for the extraction of metals such as Chromium, Manganese etc. Explain why?

INDRAVATH BHASHA , 12 Years ago
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Ranjita yadav

Last Activity: 12 Years ago

The free energy change for the formation of oxide of aluminium is highly negative ( -1000 to -1100) so , it can easily reduce any metal oxide abve it easily in ellingham diamgram as it lies bottom of the ellingham diagram.

deepu bestha

Last Activity: 12 Years ago

give me answer for this question.

siddhant loya

Last Activity: 12 Years ago

Aluminium is an highly electropositive metal like carbon. So these electopositive metals liberate a lot of energy in such reactions which helps to reguce other less electropositive metals...

 

That is why aluminium is also used to start thermite reaction

gauhar singh

Last Activity: 11 Years ago

it is 3rd most abundant element and is cheap

rajkumr

Last Activity: 11 Years ago

aluminium is more electro positive than chromium and mangananese.the process of reduction is known as alumnothermy. cr2o3+2al gives rights to al2o3+2cr

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