Iron oxide, aluminum, and a catalyst are placed in a flowerpot. The reaction is extremely exothermic resulting in molten iron and aluminum dripping into sand below the flowerpot. The demonstration ...

and the recycled aluminum becomes part of a cycle that can occur over and over again without loss of the aluminum’s properties. Sodium aluminate forms through the chemical reaction of aluminum oxide ...

In general, the more reactive the metal, the more rapid the reaction is. Aluminium is unusual because it is a reactive metal that does not react with water. Its surface naturally forms a very thin ...

In this reaction, carbon is oxidised because it gains oxygen. At the same time, copper oxide is reduced because oxygen is removed from it.

The thermite reaction involves the reduction of certain metal oxides by aluminum (Al) powder. (Originally, reduction involved the chemical removal of oxygen from, or the addition of hydrogen to ...