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For Using electrolysis to extract metals, which electrolysis focus answer best supports this Unit 4.4 objective: Explain why aluminium is extracted by electrolysis rather than reduction with carbon?
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practice
Style
Topic
Electrolysis
Question
- A. To lower the melting point of aluminium oxide - correct electrolysis focus for electrolysis
- B. Wrong electrolysis focus: confuses electrolysis with a nearby Unit 4.4 chemical change idea
- C. Wrong particle check: uses the wrong ion, electrode, acid-base term, or product for Using electrolysis to extract metals
- D. Wrong reaction link: does not support Explain why aluminium is extracted by electrolysis rather than reduction with carbon
Answer
The correct option is To lower the melting point of aluminium oxide - correct electrolysis focus for electrolysis.
Explanation
The correct option is To lower the melting point of aluminium oxide - correct electrolysis focus for electrolysis. To lower the melting point of aluminium oxide - correct electrolysis focus for electrolysis is correct because it directly supports the approved learning objective to explain why aluminium is extracted by electrolysis rather than reduction with carbon. This electrolysis focus variant asks students to separate electrolysis from similar Unit 4.4 chemical-change ideas. The reasoning belongs to Using electrolysis to extract metals within Electrolysis, so it should not be confused with nearby ideas about acids, alkalis, bases, oxidation, reduction, displacement, reactivity, electrolysis, electrodes, ions, pH, or salt preparation unless those are named in the objective. Use the focus term electrolysis to keep the answer aligned with AQA GCSE Chemistry 8462 Unit 4.4 Chemical changes. Keep acid, alkali and base distinct; keep oxidation and reduction distinct; do not mix reduction with displacement; keep electrolysis separate from electroplating; distinguish anode from cathode, positive ions from negative ions, oxidation state from ionic charge, and strong acid from concentrated acid. The other options are weaker because they either use the wrong reaction type, wrong ion, wrong electrode, wrong acid-base distinction, vague wording, or the wrong chemical-change context.
Common mistake
Aluminium extraction via carbon reduction
Students think aluminium can be extracted by reducing Al₂O₃ with carbon because aluminium is a metal.
Aluminium oxide is too stable for reduction with carbon; the high temperature required would also melt the carbon anode, so electrolysis is used instead.
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