aluminium extraction
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Extraction of Aluminium
•To Know how aluminium is extracted from the Bauxite Ore.
•To know the process of extraction.
Objective:
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Aluminium: properties
• Aluminium is a reactive metal.• We might expect it to corrode easily but a
strong coating of oxide on it’s surface prevents this in most everyday situations.
• It has a low density which leads to its extensive use in the aerospace industry.
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O O O O O OO OOCoating of
oxygen atoms prevents further
attack
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Raw Materials
• Ore bauxite aluminium oxide• The ore is dissolved in cryolite to lower the
melting point.
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Aluminium: ores
• It occurs as bauxite ore which is a form of aluminium oxide.
• Because aluminium is so reactive carbon is unable to pull away the oxygen from it.
• It is extracted by electrolysis of moltenmolten bauxite. Early attempts at this failed because bauxite is so hard to melt.
• If cryolite is added, the bauxite melts more easily. This is an essential step in the extraction process.
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A bauxite / cryolite mixture is melted in a steel container containing a carbon lining.
Graphite (carbon) anodes
Tanklinedwith
carboncathode
Molten electrolytebauxite + cryolite
Steelcase
Graphite anodes are inserted into the molten electrolyte ready for electrolysis.
Electrolytic extraction
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Aluminium formation
• Opposite charges attract.
• And so positive aluminium ions move towards the negative cathode.
• At the cathode these ions gain electrons and turn into aluminium atoms.
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Oxygen formation
• Negatively charged oxide ions move to the anode.
• Here they lose 2 electrons and so turn into neutral oxygen atoms.
• These atoms rapidly join into pairs to form normal oxygen gas.
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Carbon dioxide formation
• Remember the electrolysis is carried out at high temperature.
• Under these conditions quite a lot of the oxygen reacts with the carbon anode.
• Carbon dioxide is formed and the anode is rapidly eaten away and frequently has to be replaced.
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Extraction of aluminium: overall
siphon
Graphite / carbon anodes
Molten aluminiumMolten electrolytebauxite + cryolite
Tanklinedwith
carboncathode
Moltenaluminiumout
Steelcase
Vented cover
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• Common aluminium ore
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• Added to reduce melting point
City role
• The electrodes are made out of
Right ape
• Extracting aluminium is a
Cretin duo
bauxite
cryolite
graphite
reduction
Unscramble the words to end the sentences.
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Aluminium – the overall process
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1. What do we call the substance added to the aluminium ore prior to electrolysis?
Bauxite
Electrolyte
Cryolite
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2. What substance are the cathodes made from?
Carbon
Iron
Aluminium
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3. What happens to the oxygen given off during electrolysis?
It is given off as waste gasesIt reacts with the carbon electrodes to form carbon dioxide.It is collected at the bottom of the chamber.
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