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How can you separate alumina from silica in a bauxite ore associated with silica ? Give equations, if any.

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SOLUTION :Note: If the impurity of silica is present in considerable amounts, then it is removed by Serpeck.s process. In this process the ore is mixed with coke and heated at `1800^@C` in presence of nitrogen, where AIN is formed.
`Al_2O_3 + 3C + N_2 to 2AIN + 3CO`
`SiO_2` is reduced to silica that GETS volatillised off at `1800^@C`.
`SiO_2 + 2C to SI + 2CO`.


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