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Question
The process of leaching alumina, using sodium carbonate is called
- Bayer's process
- Decomposition
- Cyanide process
- Hall's process
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Solution
Hall’s process
In Hall’s process, the ore and sodium carbonate are fused to convert aluminium oxide into soluble sodium meta aluminate.
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