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Extracting aluminium
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"This video explains how electrolysis can be used to extract aluminium. Electrolysis is a process that uses electricity to break down a compound. Aluminium is never found as a pure metal, but rather locked up in aluminium oxide. Electrolysis is used to separate the aluminium from the oxygen.
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