Sunday, 1 January 2017

inorganic chemistry - Reaction between alumina and aqueous sodium hydroxide, which one's right?


My chemistry textbook has a rather annoying irregularity.


It cites two different reactions for the same set of reactants (aluminium oxide, sodium hydroxide and water) without the slightest mention of a particular temperature or concentration. Here they are:





  1. In a chapter on the p-block elements:



    AlX2OX3(s)+6NaOH(aq)+3HX2O(l)2NaX3[Al(OH)X6](aq)





  2. In a chapter on metallurgy, under the topic of 'Extraction of aluminium from bauxite':



    AlX2OX3(s)+2NaOH(aq)+3HX2O(l)2Na[Al(OH)X4](aq)






Which one of these is correct? Or are they both correct, depending on the situation? If so, under what conditions are they correct?




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