Question:

Bauxite, an ore of aluminium is purified by

Updated On: Jul 5, 2022
  • Hall?s process
  • Serpek?s process
  • Bayer?s process
  • all of these.
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Hall's and Bayer's processes are used if aluminium ore contains iron oxide as impurity, while Serpek's process is used when $SiO _{2}$ is present as an impurity.
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General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements

What are Ores and Minerals? 

Minerals are the naturally occurring, homogeneous inorganic solid substances. They are having a definite chemical composition and crystalline structure, hardness and color. For example, copper pyrite, calamine, etc.

Impurities in an ore are called gauge. The removal of a gauge from the ore is called concentration ore. 

Several steps are involved in the extraction of pure metal from ores. Major steps are as follows –

  • Concentration of the ore
  • Isolation of the metal from its concentrated ore
  • Purification of the metal