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How does aluminium react with air?

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Aluminium is not attacked by dry air. But it gets a coating of aluminium oxide in the presence of moist air. The oxide film protects aluminium from further corrosion. When heated aluminium burns brightly in air to form aluminium oxide .
`4AI_((s)) +3O_(2(g)) overset ("burn ") to 2 AI_(2) O_(3(s))`
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