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Aluminium is produced on a large scale by electrolysis of alumina, dissolved in fused cryolite and a little fluorspar. These two electrolytes, cryolite and fluorspar are respectively

  1. (a) N a subscript 3 end subscript A l F subscript 6 end subscript and C a F subscript 2 end subscript   
  2. To bring the impurities to surface and oxidize them  
  3. (c) To increase the carbon content of copper  
  4. To reduce the metallic oxide impurities with hydrocarbon gases liberated from the wood  

The correct answer is: To reduce the metallic oxide impurities with hydrocarbon gases liberated from the wood


    2 C u subscript 2 end subscript S plus 3 O subscript 2 end subscript rightwards arrow 2 C u subscript 2 end subscript O plus 2 S O subscript 2 end subscript

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