A portion of the metal reactivity series, relative to carbon, is shown below:
Aluminium>Carbon>Iron>Copper \text{Aluminium} \quad > \quad \text{Carbon} \quad > \quad \text{Iron} \quad > \quad \text{Copper} Aluminium>Carbon>Iron>CopperIron is commonly extracted from its oxide ore by reduction with carbon in a blast furnace. Aluminium is more reactive than carbon and cannot be extracted in this way.
Identify the method used to extract aluminium from its purified oxide ore.
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