Statement-I: Electrolytic reduction of alumina to aluminium by Hall-Heroult process is carried in the presence of cryolite.
Statement-2: Cryolite contains aluminium.

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Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True.

Statement- 1 is True, Statement-2 is True, Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1.

Statement-1 is True, Statement- 2 is False

Statement- 1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1.

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The HallHeroult procedure electrolytically reduces alumina to aluminium in the presence of cryolite, which generates a melt with a lower melting temperature.

A salt of sodium aluminum hexafluoride is cryolite. Its symbol is ${Na}_{3} {AlF}_{6}$ . It is made up of fluorine, sodium, and aluminum. Electrolytic reduction of alumina to aluminum.

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