In the extraction of aluminium from bauxite ore, several steps are involved. in one of these, sodium hydroxide (naoh) reacts with aluminium oxide (al2o3) to produce sodium aluminate (naalo2) and water. write down a balanced chemical equation showing this reaction. explain how you can test that your equation is balanced.

Suppose a pair of chemical compounds a and b can react in two different ways: a + b -> c reaction 1 gives product c. a + b -> d reaction 2 gives product d. the following facts are known about the two reactions: . reaction 1 is endothermic and reaction 2 is exothermic. if a reaction vessel is charged (filled) with a and b , then at first d is produced faster than c. use these facts to sketch a qualitative reaction energy diagram for both reactions. note: because these sketches are only qualitative, the energies don? t have to be exact. they only have to have the right relationship to each other. for example, if one energy is less than another, that fact should be clear in your sketch.