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Although thermodynamically feasible, in practice , magnesium metal is not used for the reduction of alumina in the metallurgy of aluminium .Why?

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Temperatures below the point of intersection of `Al_(2)O_(3)` and Mgo curves, magnesium can reduce alumina . But the process will be uneconmical.
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