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Aluminium ore

2005

Here you go !- here is my QUESTION!--

a)I have to recognise and name the properties of aluminium ore

b)I have to recognise and name the products of separation and their uses

c)I have to recognise and name and discuss the issues and associated with wastes from the processes used

Megan M.
- Australia

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2005

Hello Megan!

I admit to being a bit confused- I don't see a question up there, only an assignment. : )

Anyway, the primary aluminum ore is bauxite. Aluminum oxide is usually extracted by the Bayer process, then converted to aluminum by the Hall-Heroult process. You can find out a lot on these topics in a good library. Yes, there are some fine web sites that deal with aluminum, but you'd spend less time reading and writing in a library than you would endlessly searching for tidbits of info on the internet. Plus, you won't have that annoying situation where the information goes directly from the internet to your printer and completely bypasses your brain.

Parentally yours,

Lee Gearhart
metallurgist - E. Aurora, New York

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Lee - good answer. Why do school kids think we are all totally naive? They must be made to think for themselves and not always opt for the soft option.

Trevor Crichton
R&D practical scientist
Chesham, Bucks, UK
2005