Aluminium Extraction - Electrolysis
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A look at the use of electrolysis to produce aluminium.
Showing how electrolysis is used to extract aluminium from raw alumina. Process involves the use of vast amounts of electricity to produce very high temperatures in order to melt the bauxite and therefore to produce the aluminium.
From: GCSE Bitesize Revision: Science : Chemistry
First Broadcast : 27 March 2008
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 9-11,14-16
Subject : Chemistry, Science
Topic : Changing materials
Keywords : Electrolysis, Aluminium, Bauxite, Alumina, Classifying materials,
Notes : Use clip as an introduction to this complicated procedure. Can use in combination with other BBC Wales learning clips on aluminium production,eg. Aluminium Oxidation.
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