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Aluminum being the most abundant metal in the earthâs crust (at 8.2% of the total metals) is never found free in nature. Aluminum is reactive and will react spontaneously with water and/or air to form aluminum oxide.Aluminum oxide, Al2O3, forms a stable passive layer that protects aluminum from corrosion or further oxidation.This layer is about 4 nm thick and will provide corrosion protection as long as this oxide layer is stable. Aluminum is an amphoteric metal and can react with an acid as well as a base.The protective layer of aluminum oxide will deteriorate in environments with high or low pH or even in environments where aggressive ions are present.luminum is reactive and will react spontaneously with water and/or air to form aluminum oxide. Aluminum oxide, Al2O3, forms a stable passive layer that protects aluminum from corrosion or further oxidation.
2 Al(s) + Fe2O3(s) Al2O3(s) + 2 Fe(l). By assigning oxidation numbers, we can pick out the oxidation and reduction halves of the reaction. Aluminum is oxidized to Al 2 O 3 in this reaction, which means that Fe 2 O 3 must be the oxidizing agent.Conversely, Fe 2 O 3 is reduced to iron metal, which means that aluminum must be the reducing agent.Because a reducing agent is always transformed into its conjugate oxidizing agent in an oxidation-reduction reaction, the products of this reaction include a new oxidizing agent (Al 2 O 3) and a new reducing agent (Fe).n the course of this reaction, CuO is reduced to copper metal. Thus, H 2 is the reducing agent in this reaction, and CuO acts as an oxidizing agent. An important feature of oxidation-reduction reactions can be recognized by examining what happens to the copper in this pair of reactions.