Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Extraction of metals

Extraction of metals — practice question

Which assertion about the industrial extraction of aluminium from aluminium oxide is correct?

  • AAluminium is extracted by heating its oxide with carbon.
  • BAluminium is extracted using electrolysis and is collected at the anode.
  • CAluminium is extracted using platinum electrodes and direct current.
  • DMolten cryolite is used as a solvent for aluminium oxide.

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