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Describe the Hoope's process of refining aluminium.

Important Questions on Metallurgy

EASY

Alumina is mixed with Cryolite and subjected to electrolysis to extract aluminium.

Write the equation of the reduction reaction taking place at negative electrode.

MEDIUM
Name the process by which impure ore of aluminium gets purified by using concentrated solution of an alkali.
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In the leaching of alumina from bauxite, the ore expected to leach out in the process by reacting with NaOH is :
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Name the gas evolved in the following case:

Alumina undergoes electrolytic reduction.

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Al2O3 was leached with alkali to get X. The solution of X on passing of gas Y, forms Z.

X,Y and Z respectively are

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Alumina is mixed with Cryolite and subjected to electrolysis to extract aluminium. 

Why Cryolite is added to alumina? 

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Bauxite, an ore of aluminium, is purified by which process?
HARD

Write the equation for the formation of aluminium at the cathode during the electrolysis of alumina.

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Different methods are used for the concentration of ores.

Explain how the ore of aluminium is concentrated by leaching.

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Baeyer’s process is used to concentrate bauxite ore to alumina. Give balanced chemical equations for the reaction taking place for its conversion from bauxite to alumina.
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Answer the following question based on the extraction of aluminium from alumina by Hall-Heroult’s Process.

Why is powdered coke sprinkled on top of the electrolyte?

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The process of extracting a soluble material from an insoluble solid by dissolving out in a suitable solvent is known as:

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The ore which is concentrated by leaching
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Alumina is mixed with Cryolite and subjected to electrolysis to extract aluminium.

Which are the ions present in the alumina? 

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Answer the following question based on the extraction of aluminium from alumina by Hall-Heroult’s Process.

Name the electrode, from which aluminium is collected.

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Answer the following question based on the extraction of aluminium from alumina by Hall-Heroult’s Process.

What is the function of cryolite used along with alumina as the electrolyte? 

MEDIUM
With respect to the reduction of pure alumina in the electrolytic cell, answer the following question:
Name the substances present in the electrolytic mixture.
HARD
Write the equation for the formation of aluminium at the cathode during the electrolysis of alumina.
EASY
With respect to the reduction of pure alumina in the electrolytic cell, answer the following question:
What is the physical state of aluminium in which it is taken out from the electrolytic cell?