Chemistry, asked by nehal9568, 5 hours ago

Why is it not advisable to wash aluminum utensils with wood ash

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Answered by purnimasatnami35
2

Answer:

it would therefore react with aluminium oxide coating on aluminium utensils

Answered by sadiaanam
0

Answer:

Wood ash will react with aluminum and it leads to destruction of utensils.

Explanation:

As per the statement in the given question, wood ash is not used to wash aluminum utensils.

We have to check the reason for this.

We know that,

Wood ash is a powder state substances get as remaining of burning wood. It is widely used for many applications. Also wood ash is widely used as a cleaning agent. Wood ash is basic or alkaline in nature. Therefore it is used instead of soap.

Wood ash cant be used as a cleaning agent in aluminum utensils. It is because of the alkaline nature of wood ash. Wood ash will react with aluminum and it leads to destruction of utensils. In aluminum utensils the aluminum reacts with oxygen present in air to form a thin layer of aluminum oxide. This layer prevent the further reaction with oxygen. But, using a cleaning agent removes this outer aluminum oxide layer of utensil. It eventually cause thinning of utensil.

Hence, it is not advisable to wash aluminum utensils with wood ash.

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