MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES IN INDIA
MINERALS
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Question
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Bauxite is to aluminum as hematite is to ____
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aluminum
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iron
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titanium
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copper
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -i.e. bauxite is the ore of aluminium and haematite is the ore of iron.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bauxite consists mostly of the aluminium minerals gibbsite (Al(OH)3), boehmite (Y-AlO(OH)) and diaspore (-AlO(OH)), mixed with the two iron oxides goethite (FeO(OH)) and haematite (Fe2O3), the aluminium clay mineral kaolinite (Al2Si2O5(OH)4) and small amounts of anatase (TiO2) and ilmenite (FeTiO3 or FeO.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hence, haematite is a carbonate ore of iron. . It is one of the oxides of iron.
Detailed explanation-4: -Bauxite is the ore of aluminium.
Detailed explanation-5: -Bauxite is an ore of aluminium.
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