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How is aluminium chloride prepared by McAfee process ?

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(i) Aluminium chloride is obtained by heating a mixture of alumina and coke in a current of chlorine.
`Al_(2)O_(3)+3C+3Cl_(2) to 2AlCl_(3)+3CO_(2)`
(ii) On industrial scale it is prepared by chlorinating aluminium around 1000 K
`2Al+3Cl_(2)overset(1000K)to 2AlCl_(3)`
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