According to Ellingham diagram, the reduction of Al2O3 with carbon is feasible above 2400 C, why is Al2O3 reduced in practice electrochemically rather than chemically with carbon?
A) The temperature is too high and maintaining it is too expensive.
B) It is difficult to achieve correct Al2O3-to-carbon ratio in practice.
C) Formed Al is reducing enough to reduce CO and CO2 back to carbon.
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