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Discuss the importance of decomposition reaction in metal industry with three points.

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(a) Decomposition of silver salts (halides) is used in photographic films.
(ii) Decomposition of metal carbonates are used in metallurgy to extract metals from their ores.
(c) Decomposition of aluminium oxide is used to extract aluminium from its ore.
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