Combined Science GCSE
Industrial extraction of aluminium
What Industrial extraction of aluminium means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Aluminium is manufactured by the electrolysis of a molten mixture of aluminium oxide and cryolite using carbon as the positive electrode.
Topics that use Industrial extraction of aluminium
- Using electrolysis to extract metals (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Electrolysis of molten compounds
- Electrolysis of molten mixtures
- Energy costs in industrial processes
- Extraction of metals
- Reactivity of carbon with oxygen at high temperature
- Reactivity series and carbon reduction
- Role of cryolite in reducing energy costs
- Anode oxidation and discharge of negative ions
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