Why does aluminium react with iron oxide!

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If you look at the reactivity series, aluminium is above iron. Therefore, it displaces iron and reacts with oxygen.

Galchen answered Nov 4, 2017

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Aluminum is much higher than iron in the reactivity series, so the thermite reaction releases a lot of energy.

TyMac answered Nov 8, 2017

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