Which statement about the extraction of metals is correct? * A. Aluminium is extracted from bauxite by electrolysis.
B. Aluminium is extracted from hematite by heating with carbon.
C. Iron is extracted from bauxite by heating with carbon.
D. Iron is extracted from hematite by electrolysis.

Explanation:

In this reaction, the iron(III) oxide is reduced. to iron, and the carbon is oxidised. to carbon dioxide. In the blast furnace, it is so hot that carbon monoxide can be ...

alkaline metals are lithium, sodium, rubidium, potassium, cesium and francium.

alkali metals have electronegativity from 0.7 to 1, lowest in periodic table of elements, which means that alkali metals (i group in periodic table) has positive oxidation number in compounds.

electronegativity is a chemical property that describes the tendency of an atom to attract a shared pair of electrons towards itself.

alkaline metals (far left in main group) have lowest ionizations energy and easy remove valence electrons,

for example, potassium is the alkali metal and has a single valence electron in the outer electron shell.

electron configuration of potassium is: ₁₉k 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶4s¹.

they can not exist alone in nature, because they are very reactive.