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electrolysis of alumina is done write chemical equation

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Answered by nikhil400
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lectrolysis of the alumina/cryolite solution gives aluminium at the cathode and oxygen at the anode.

Al3+  +  3e-       Al (aluminium metal at the (-)cathode)
2O2-  -  4e-       O2 (oxygen gas at the (+)anode)

Aluminium is more dense than the alumina/cryolite solution, and so falls to the bottom of the cell where it can be tapped off as pure liquid metal.

The overall reaction is

aluminium oxide       aluminium + oxygen
2Al23+O32-(l)                 4Al(l)   +     3O2(g)

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