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How is aluminum chloride prepared from aluminum ?

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(i) When aluminium metal or aluminium hydroxide is treated with hydrochloric acid, aluminium trichloride is formed.
(ii) The reaction mixture is evaporated to obtain hydrated aluminium chloride.
`2Al+6HClto 2AlCl_(3)+3H_(2)`
`Al(OH)_(3)+3HCl to AlCl_(3)+3H_(2)O`
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